[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false):Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.Social media played a significant role in perpetuating political divisions.Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.", "to preserve from extinction or oblivion:perpetuate the species.to perpetuate one's name;perpetuate the species.Synonyms: sustain , save , preserve , maintain"]}]