Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perpetrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perpetrate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perpetrate
v : perform an act, usually with a negative connotation:
"perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn: {commit},
{pull}]
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