perpetrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perpetrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perpetrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perpetrate v perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" Synonym(s): perpetrate, commit, pull
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perpetrate \Per"petrate\, 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.