Perpetuate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perpetuate \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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, a. [L. perpetuatus, p. p.]
     Made perpetual; perpetuated. [R.] --Southey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perpetuate
       v : cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "perpetuate":
     bolster, conserve, continue, embalm, eternalize, eternize, extend,
     freeze, hold, immortalize, keep, keep alive, keep fresh,
     keep going, keep on, keep up, lengthen, maintain, memorialize,
     monumentalize, perennialize, preserve, preserve from oblivion,
     prolong, protract, retain, secure, support, sustain