The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of perpetuate English)
Usage examples of "perpetuating".
The Shah Nameh was composed with the view of perpetuating the remains of the original Persian records or traditions which had survived the Saracenic invasion.
The new movements which appeared in the middle years of the century, Ingsoc in Oceania, Neo-Bolshevism in Eurasia, Death-Worship, as it is commonly called, in Eastasia, had the conscious aim of perpetuating unfreedom and inequality.
But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this.
The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself.
The management is a self perpetuating body, without responsibility and without supervision.