perpetuate
[per-pech-oo-eyt]
- to make perpetual.
- to preserve from extinction or oblivion: to perpetuate one's name.
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Origin of perpetuate
Synonyms
See more synonyms for perpetuate on Thesaurus.com2. save, maintain, sustain.
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Examples from the Web for perpetuate
Contemporary Examples
In Paris, a new generation of entrepreneurs are launching initiatives to perpetuate the Yiddish way of life.
Unused funds, sitting idle, do nothing to perpetuate the cycle of support that America relies on.
Ex-Politicians Keeping $100 Million in Private Slush FundsDave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity
May 22, 2014
But religion also compels us to fight the unjust, prejudiced systems that cause and perpetuate that misfortune.
But it serves no one to perpetuate the idea that parenting is supposed to be an agonizing and thankless slog.
Ad's Message to Moms: If You Don’t Think Parenting Sucks, You’re Doing it WrongAndy Hinds
April 18, 2014
The look is topped off with a floral headband and a set of mittens, to perpetuate the holiday theme.
Historical Examples
As long as you keep that promise, you perpetuate that wrong.
The Mystery of Murray DavenportRobert Neilson Stephens
Mr. Arundel was aware of the tradition, and he desired to perpetuate it.
A Singer from the SeaAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
By what power do the Mormons perpetuate their system of polygamy?
The Royal House ought to be grateful to me:—I am helping to perpetuate it.
Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown PrincessHenry W. Fischer
His attitude, as I drove up, was one which Hunt would have delighted to perpetuate.
Frank FairleghFrank E. Smedley
perpetuate
- (tr) to cause to continue or prevailto perpetuate misconceptions
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin perpetuāre to continue without interruption, from perpetuus perpetual
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See perpetrate
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Word Origin and History for perpetuate
v.
1520s, a back-formation from perpetuation or else from Latin perpetuatus, past participle of perpetuare "to make perpetual," from perpetuus (see perpetual). Related: Perpetuated; Perpetuating.
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