perpetuate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

perpetuate
    v 1: cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetuated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Perpetuating}.] [L. perpetuatus, p. p. of
   perpetuare to perpetuate. See {Perpetual}.]
   To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,
   indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to
   eternize. --Addison. --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, a. [L. perpetuatus, p. p.]
   Made perpetual; perpetuated. [R.] --Southey.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "perpetuate":
      bolster, conserve, continue, embalm, eternalize, eternize, extend,
      freeze, hold, immortalize, keep, keep alive, keep fresh,
      keep going, keep on, keep up, lengthen, maintain, memorialize,
      monumentalize, perennialize, preserve, preserve from oblivion,
      prolong, protract, retain, secure, support, sustain

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