Definition of Perpetuate

Perpetuate

To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.

Made perpetual; perpetuated.

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Perpetuate Quotations

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.
James Thurber

Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.
Mortimer Adler

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
Malcolm Muggeridge

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
Joseph De Maistre

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.
William Godwin

The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.
Alcee Hastings

If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.
Arthur Capper

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.
Richard Eberhart

If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
Frances Wright

As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.
Connie Chung

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.
Noam Chomsky

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.
Jane Elliot

Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.
Jean O'Leary

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Perpetuate Translations

perpetuate in German is verewige, verewigen

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