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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 1.6 [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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