PERPETRATE

perpetrate. perpetrate, to commit, or doe

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perpetrate. Perpetrate, v.t. to do or commit a crime

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Per″pe‐trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perpetrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Perpetrating.] [[L. perpetratus, p. p. of perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]] To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young.