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What does perpetuate mean?

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  1. (transitive) To make perpetual; to preserve from extinction or oblivion.
  2. (transitive) To prolong the existence of.
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The law writes solipsistically, talking only to and for himself, so as to perpetuate his own image, his self-definition, his existence.
The simple graphic, though it may perpetuate the hopes and expectations of unemployed roughnecks and roustabouts, masks a more complex story.
Unlike most poets, O'Hara did not unfailingly preserve or seek to perpetuate the products of his encounter with the muse.
Critics will say NGOs aren't simply gallantly stepping into the breach, rather they actually seek to perpetuate their power in crises like this.
And for the last 200 years they have been let loose on humanity to perpetuate the worst kind of injustices.
It appears that in utero exposure to nicotine may help to perpetuate a cycle across generations that links addiction and behavioral problems.

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