[ US /pɝˈpɛtʃəˌweɪt/ ]
[ UK /pəpˈɛt‍ʃuːˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. cause to continue or prevail
    perpetuate a myth
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How To Use perpetuate In A Sentence

  • His appeal may lie in the disparity between the image projected in his interviews and the image perpetuated in his records.
  • The divisions found in and between the diwan, sarishtadar, and mirza categories were often created and perpetuated by the individuals and alliances operating in the political realm, i.e., among the officials and office-holders who were both the instigators and targets of the audits. Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier
  • But the economic aims of the MFA guild would be unrealizable without its social aims, which perpetuate solidarity. Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic?
  • It perpetuates the image of the boorish, boerewors eating, brandy drinking supporter when, in fact, our supporters are highly intelligent with a keen understanding of the game.
  • Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.
  • How long can we sustain the environmental and social degradation that consumer culture perpetuates?
  • This is one of those projects that touch's what we call our legislative mandate: Preserve Protect and Perpetuate as well as provide outdoor recreation activities," Anderson said. The Seattle Times
  • Greek name perpetuated by the people and referring to this covering of hoary pines -- a name which the cartographers, arbitrary and ignorant as they often are, have unconsciously disguised. Old Calabria
  • You are the last woman on earth, and it is your job to perpetuate the human race, whether you like it or not.
  • While liberation from superstition and autocratic oppression is the great legacy of the Enlightenment, to perpetuate the repression of all spiritual expression in the name of reason is to continue to deny our innate being.
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