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perpetuare [CL] 1 to make permanent or lasting; b (in diplomatic context w. ref. to agreement, donation, or tenure); c (w. ref. to memorial). preminet et famule regina theorica vite / complexu sponsi sabbata perpetuans Gosc. Edith 69; 1166 timeo ne ~etur eorum servitus J. Sal. Ep. 175 (176 p. 170); 1169 infamiam ‥ que ‥ nisi precaveritis ‥ ~abitur in sempiternum Ib. 302 (295) ; Wlstani vitam ~ande virtutis obtentu miracula etiam que adhuc calente memoria vidimus Senatus Wulfst. 68.  b 1184 ut autem conventio ista ~etur sigilli nostri auctoritate et sigilli hospitalis S. Bartholomei testimonio roboratur Ch. Westm. 293; 1377 nunquam postea predictus W. de S. aliquem alium statum nisi ad terminum vite optinuit nec ~avit Chanc. Misc. 215/9 m. 2; rex ‥ annuebat quod prius collata et ~ata ad usus converterent preordinatos juxta ‥ discretionem ejusdem Tract. Peterb. & Ramsey 172.  c multis veterum studio didicimus illustrium virorum ‥ vitamque describere styloque illorum ~are memoriam Ailr. Ed. Conf. 737B; cum ‥ mecum ‥ volverem quid ad honorem ‥ Cuthberti stili memoria ~arem ‥ Cuthb. Hib. pref.; illius igitur memoriam ~are volentes, hoc epitafio decorarunt sepultam V. Edm. Rich C 595. 2 to perpetuate by propagation. de his fantasticis ‥ casibus qui manent et bona se successione ~ant Map NC II 13 f. 27v; ~are suam speciem nec potest ~ari in uno individuo propter naturam talis materie W. Macclesfield Quaest. f. 21rb; homo, qui in individuo ~ari nequit, ~ari naturaliter appetit in specie sua Fortescue LLA 39. 3 (p ppl. as sb. m.) perpetual curate. 1377 dominus N. Fybbes vicarius ibidem xij d., dominus Johannes Peres ~atus ibidem xij d., dominus Thomas Mey ~atus ibidem xij d. KR Tax 4/1.

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