Category: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.]

Defn: 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.