perpetuate

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Nor oil upon the waters poured Perpetuate an unjust cause.

From Mountain idylls, and Other Poems by King, Alfred Castner

The spring's superb adventure calls His dust athwart the woods to flame; His boundary river's secret falls Perpetuate and repeat his name.

From Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Perpetuate, to preserve from extinction; to continue the memory of a person or event.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

Perpetuate, per-pet′ū-āt, v.t. to make perpetual: to cause to last for ever or for a very long time: to preserve from extinction or oblivion.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The Alliance Herald says of this measure: “The law should be captioned, ‘A Bill to be entitled an Act to Perpetuate the Frauds which have heretofore been practiced in Alabama.’

From Politics of Alabama by Manning, Joseph C. (Joseph Columbus)