Dictionary entry

Perpetuate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.