perpetuate
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: (16th century) From earlier perpetuat, learned borrowing from Latin perpetuātus (“perpetuated”), perfect passive participle of perpetuō (“to cause to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual, perpetuate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from perpetuus (“everlasting, perpetual”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from per- (“thoroughly, very”) + petō (“to ask, request; to look for; to make for (somewhere)”) + -uus (forms adjectives from verbal stems), literally “that is asked with great zeal, over and over again”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”).
Cognates
* Catalan perpetuar
* Italian perpetuare
* Old French perpetué (adjective) (Middle French perpetué (adjective)); Middle French perpétuer (verb) (modern French perpétuer (verb))
* Old Occitan perpetuar
* Portuguese perpetuar
* Spanish perpetuar
Base: perpetuus
Affixes: -ō
Inflected forms:
form: perpetuates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: perpetuating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: perpetuate
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: perpetuate
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: perpetuate
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: perpetuatest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: perpetuatedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: perpetuates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: perpetuateth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: perpetuate
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: perpetuate
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: perpetuate
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: perpetuating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: perpetuated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I am contented to contynue it for my tyme, but to perpetuate it lyeth nat in my power.
To the ſupportiue perpetuating of your canonized reputation, vvholie this booke haue I deſtined.
Noah gaue a ſacrifice of praiſe for his deliuerie from the floud, and God being praiſed for that one deliuerance, perpetuateth his benefit, and promiſeth an euerlaſting deliuerance to the earth from any more flouds.
The ſecond part of the Tropick, perpetuateth the Council of State, by the election of five Knights, out of the firſt Region of the Senate, to be the firſt Region of that Council, conſiſting of fifteen Knights, five in every Region.
Then Bl——re ſhall this Favour ovve to thee, / That thou perpetuat'ſt his Memory.
I am very well pleased with a medal which was struck by Queen Elizabeth, a little after the defeat of the invincible armada, to perpetuate the memory of that extraordinary event.
The republic of Paris will endeavour indeed to compleat the debauchery of the army, and illegally to perpetuate the aſſembly, vvithout reſort to its constituents, as the means of continuing its deſpotiſm.
Thou know'st, who by thy light upliftedst me, / When the revolvement, thou perpetuatest, / Desired One, attentive made me through / The harmony, thou blend'st and alternatest.
[T]he Constitution's doctrine of enumerated powers and federalism also plays a role in perpetuating individual rights.
The educational institution is, then, one of the ways in which society is perpetuated through the systematic socialization of the young, while the nature of the society which is being perpetuated—its organization and operation, its value, beliefs, and ways of living—are determined by the primary institutions.
gloss: To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If vvitneſſes to a diſputable fact are old and infirm, it is very uſual to file a bill to perpetuate the teſtimony of thoſe vvitneſſes, although no ſuit is depending; for, it may be, a man's antagoniſt only vvaits for the death of ſome of them to begin his ſuit. This is moſt frequent vvhen lands are deviſed by vvill avvay from the heir at lavv; and the deviſee, in order to perpetuate the teſtimony of the vvitneſſes to ſuch vvill, exhibits a bill in chancery againſt the heir, […]
It appears to me that this bill makes out no case for perpetuating testimony. Although it was true that the validity of the will could not, by reason of the lease, be immediately tried with the devises in trust, yet it may be immediately tried by an action for rent against the tenant. Testimony can be perpetuated only where by no means the Plaintiff can presently assert his title to the property.
gloss: To prolong the existence of (something) by repetition; to reinforce.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He who praiseth obscurity perpetuateth it.
[T]he major players […] have the most to either gain from perpetuating the lie to morally or ethically acknowledge the wrong of their actions.
gloss: Perpetual, or made perpetual; continued for an indefinite time.
pos: adj
examples: The wele suertie and comfort perpetuat of theym ther heires and successours.
The trees and flowers remain / By Nature's care perpetuate and self-sown.
To be perpetuate for my mightiness / Sculpture must image me when I am gone.
Related words: nonperpetual
perpetuable
perpetual
perpetualism
perpetualist
perpetuality
perpetually
perpetual motion
perpetualness
perpetualty
perpetuana
perpetuance
perpetuant
perpetuation
perpetuative
perpetuity
perpetuous
perpetuously
unperpetual
Derived words: autoperpetuate
perpetuated
perpetuating
perpetuator
self-perpetuating
unperpetuated
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: أَبَّدَ
roman: ʔabbada
lang: Arabic
word: أَدَامَ
roman: ʔadāma
lang: Arabic
word: خَلَّدَ
roman: ḵallada
lang: Bulgarian
word: увековечавам
roman: uvekovečavam
lang: Catalan
word: perpetuar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 使……永久化
roman: shǐ... yǒngjiǔhuà
lang: Dutch
word: vereeuwigen
lang: Egyptian
word: s-r-wD-w-D:T12
roman: srwḏ
lang: Finnish
word: säilyttää
lang: French
word: perpétuer
lang: French
word: pérenniser
lang: German
word: perpetuieren
lang: German
word: verewigen
lang: Hebrew
word: הנציח
roman: hintsíakh
lang: Italian
word: perpetuàre
lang: Italian
word: eternàre
lang: Italian
word: perennare
lang: Italian
word: rivìvere
lang: Latin
word: perpetuitō
lang: Latin
word: perpetuō
lang: Latin
word: aeternō
lang: Macedonian
word: овеко́вечи
roman: ovekóveči
lang: Macedonian
word: овекове́чува
roman: ovekovéčuva
lang: Polish
word: uwieczniać
lang: Polish
word: uwiecznić
lang: Portuguese
word: perpetuar
lang: Romanian
word: perpetua
lang: Russian
word: увекове́чивать
roman: uvekovéčivatʹ
lang: Russian
word: увекове́чить
roman: uvekovéčitʹ
lang: Spanish
word: perpetuar
lang: Swedish
word: föreviga
lang: Swedish
word: vidmakthålla
lang: Turkish
word: ölümsüzleştirmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: уві́чнювати
roman: uvíčnjuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: уві́чнити
roman: uvíčnyty
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 使……永存
roman: shǐ... yǒngcún
lang: Finnish
word: säilyttää
lang: Finnish
word: suojella
lang: French
word: pérenniser