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- Dictionaryperpetuate/pəˈpɛtʃʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something) continue indefinitely: "the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence"
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to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last. bash on phrasal verb. bubble away. carry (something) on phrasal verb. cease. cont. echo.
The meaning of PERPETUATE is to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely. How to use perpetuate in a sentence.
If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. We must not perpetuate the social divisions of the past. American English: perpetuate / pərˈpɛtʃueɪt /. Brazilian Portuguese: perpetuar.
to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last.
If you perpetuate something, you help it last. Perpetrate , on the other hand, means to commit a criminal act. Needless to say, you wouldn't want to perpetuate the acts of perpetrators!
Perpetuate definition: to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false). See examples of PERPETUATE used in a sentence.
per·pet·u·ate. (pər-pĕch′o͞o-āt′) tr.v. per·pet·u·at·ed, per·pet·u·at·ing, per·pet·u·ates. 1. To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual. 2. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered: The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning.
