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Webster 1913 Edition
Perpetuate
Per-pet′u-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perpetuated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Perpetuating
.] To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.
Addison.
Burke.
Per-pet′u-ate
,Adj.
[L.
perpetuatus
, p. p.] Made perpetual; perpetuated.
[R.]
Southey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perpetuate
PERPET'UATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to endure or to be continued indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; as, to perpetuate the remembrance of a great event or of an illustrious character. The monument in London perpetuates the remembrance of the conflagration in 1666. Medals may perpetuate the glories of a prince.2.
To continue by repetition without limitation.