To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize
If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past This image is a myth perpetuated by the media. + perpetuation per·petua·tion The perpetuation of nuclear deployments is morally unacceptable. to make a situation, attitude etc, especially a bad one, continue to exist for a long time