About The Word Perpetrate
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Perpetrate
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What's The Definition Of Perpetrate?
[v] perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Perpetrate: commit | pull Related Terms | Find terms related to Perpetrate: accomplish | achieve | be responsible for | bring about | bring off | bring to pass | carry out | carry through | commit | do | do to | effect | effectuate | execute | go and do | inflict | make | pay | perform | produce | pull | pull off | realize | render | take and do | up and do | wreak See Also | act | make | move | recommit Perpetrate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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