Meaning of perdure | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.
   intransitive
2. To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Saying that a trait has an evolutionary history is to say⟳ something stronger than the fact that it has perdured across generations. Humans have⟳ probably believed that water is wet⟳ for a very long time, although this belief has no evolutionary history.”

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