What does perdure mean?
Perdure means (intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time..
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/pəˈd͡ʒʊə̯/ · verb
(intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time..
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.
Use perdure when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perdure means (intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time..
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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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