PERPETRATES

Verb

perpetrates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perpetrate

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Source: Wiktionary


PERPETRATE

Per"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perpetrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perpetrating.] Etym: [L. perpetratus, p.p. of perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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