perpetuate
VerbUS[per-pech-uh-weyt]/pɚˈpɛtʃəˌweɪt/4 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Per·pet′u·ate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Perpetuated; present participle & verbal noun Perpetuating.]
Origin: 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. Joseph Addison Edmund Burke
Per·pet′u·ate adjective
Origin: L. perpetuatus, p. p.
Made perpetual; perpetuated. rare Robert Southey
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54