'Perpetuate' definitions:
Definition of 'perpetuate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
Definition of 'Perpetuate'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Perpetuate'
From: GCIDE
- Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, a. [L. perpetuatus, p. p.] Made perpetual; perpetuated. [R.] --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perpetuate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Perpetuate'
- Perpetuable,
- Perpetual,
- Perpetually,
- Perpetuance,
- Perpetuated,
- Perpetuating,
- Perpetuation,
- Perpetuity,
- in perpetuity,
- Perpetual calendar,
- Perpetual curacy,
- Perpetual motion,
- Perpetual screw,
- perpetual fugues,
- perpetual lever,
- perpetual warrant,
- Circle of perpetual apparition,
- Circle of perpetual occultation,
- perpetual motion machine