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perpetrate |
2 definitions found 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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