Definitions for: Perpetuate


[v] cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"



Webster (1913) Definition: Per*pet"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perpetuated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Perpetuating.] [L. perpetuatus, p. p. of
perpetuare to perpetuate. See Perpetual.]
To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,
indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to
eternize. --Addison. Burke.


Per*pet"u*ate, a. [L. perpetuatus, p. p.]
Made perpetual; perpetuated. [R.] --Southey.

See Also: bear on, carry on, continue, eternize, preserve, uphold

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