p 3 e 1 r 1 p 3 e 1 t 1 u 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb cause to continue or prevail
origin(16th century) From earlier perpetuat, learned borrowing from Latin perpetuātus (“perpetuated”), perfect passive participle of perpetuō (“to cause to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual, perpetuate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from perpetuus (“everlasting, perpetual”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from per- (“thoroughly, very”) + petō…
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Words from these letters
- pretape 11
- pauper 10
- peeper 10
- pupate 10
- rappee 10
- tapper 10
- tappet 10
- paper 9
- pupae 9
- rappe 9
- upper 9
- epater 8