perpetuate

verb

1. (transitive)To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

   “I am contented to contynue it for my tyme, but to perpetuate it lyeth nat in my power.”

   “To the ſupportiue perpetuating of your canonized reputation, vvholie this booke haue I deſtined.”

   “Noah gaue a ſacrifice of praiſe for his deliuerie from the floud, and God being praiſed for that one deliuerance, perpetuateth his benefit, and promiſeth an euerlaſting deliuerance to the earth from any more flouds.”

   “The ſecond part of the Tropick, perpetuateth the Council of State, by the election of five Knights, out of the firſt Region of the Senate, to be the firſt Region of that Council, conſiſting of fifteen Knights, five in every Region.”

   “Then Bl——re ſhall this Favour ovve to thee, / That thou perpetuat'ſt his Memory.”

2. (transitive)To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

   “It appears to me that this bill makes out no case for perpetuating testimony. Although it was true that the validity of the will could not, by reason of the lease, be immediately tried with the devises in trust, yet it may be immediately tried by an action for rent against the tenant. Testimony can be perpetuated only where by no means the Plaintiff can presently assert his title to the property.”

3. (transitive)To prolong the existence of (something) by repetition; to reinforce.

   “He who praiseth obscurity perpetuateth it.”

   “[T]he major players […] have the most to either gain from perpetuating the lie to morally or ethically acknowledge the wrong of their actions.”

adj

1. Perpetual, or made perpetual; continued for an indefinite time.

   “The wele suertie and comfort perpetuat of theym ther heires and successours.”

   “The trees and flowers remain / By Nature's care perpetuate and self-sown.”

   “To be perpetuate for my mightiness / Sculpture must image me when I am gone.”