perpetuate
/pɚˈpɛt͡ʃəˌweɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "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."
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
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃəˌweɪt/
- British English: /pəˈpɛt͡ʃʊeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
perpetuates (present, singular)
perpetuating (participle, present)
perpetuated (participle, past)
perpetuated (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
perpetuated (first person, past)
perpetuatest (archaic, present)
perpetuated (past, second person)
perpetuatedst (archaic, past)
perpetuateth (archaic, present)
perpetuated (past, singular)