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▪ I. perˈpetuate, ppl. a.
[ad. L. perpetuāt-us, perf. pple. passive of perpetuāre to perpetuate.]
Made perpetual; perpetually continued. Const. as pple. and as adj.
1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 32 Preamble, The wele suertie and comfort perpetuat of theym ther heires and successours. 1801Southey Thalaba i. xxiii, The trees and flowers remain, By Nature's care perpetuate and self-sown.
▪ II. perpetuate, v.|pəˈpɛtjuːeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. perpetuā-re to make perpetual, f. perpetu-us perpetual: see -ate3. Cf. F. perpétuer (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
a. trans. To make perpetual; to cause to endure or continue indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion. Also absol.
1530Palsgr. 656/1, I perpetuate, I contynue a thing for ever. 1579Fenton Guicciard. iii. (1599) 117 He iudged it was a better meane to perpetuate his greatnesse. 1660R. Coke Justice Vind. 5 For we see all things are..perpetuated by generation in their species. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 306 Each courts its Mate, And in their Young themselves perpetuate. 1713Steele Englishman No. 50. 320 The Memory of a Benefactor..may be perpetuated by erecting Statues, &c. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. xxvii. 450 If witnesses to a disputable fact are old and infirm, it is very usual to file a bill to perpetuate the testimony of those witnesses. 1864Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. ix. (1875) 145 It [the revived Romano-Germanic Empire] perpetuated the name, the language, the literature, such as it then was, of Rome. 1894E. Fawcett New Nero ii. 26 That soulless and mysterious will-to-live, which for ever creates, protects, and perpetuates, though blindly and dumbly, unconscious that she does either.
†b. To continue or extend without intermission.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. xiv. §4 (1622) 357 (tr. Ovid Metam. i. 4) Ye gods draw on, perpetuate my rime, From Worlds first being, to my present time. 1790H. More Relig. Fash. World 147 Is it not to be regretted..that they do not like to perpetuate the principle, by encouraging it in their servants also?
Hence perˈpetuated ppl. a.; perˈpetuating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1607Hieron Wks. I. 431 They, which..most study the perpetuating of their fortunes. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 191 A continued and perpetuated Intercession. a1711Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 522 Thou leav'st me longing for a brighter Ray, And for a more perpetuated Stay. 1774in Picton L'pool Mun. Rec. (1886) II. 241 For the perpetuating the testimony of ancient witnesses. |