Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
cause to continue or prevail;
- Example: "perpetuate a myth"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, a. [L. perpetuatus, p. p.]
Made perpetual; perpetuated. [R.] --Southey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perpetuate
v 1: cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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