perform
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English performen, parfournen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *frumjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjanan, *framjanan (“to further, promote, accomplish, furnish, carry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“in front, forth”), *per- (“forward, out”). Cognate with Old High German frummen (“to do, execute, accomplish, provide”), Old Saxon frummian (“to perform, promote”), Old English fremman (“to perform, execute, carry out, accomplish”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frumjan, “to promote, accomplish”). See also frame, from.
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perform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed)
- To do something; to execute.
- The scientists performed several experiments.
- It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
- To do something in front of an audience in order to entertain it.
- She will perform in the play
- The magician performed badly - none of his tricks worked.
- The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
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- German: leisten
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[edit] External links
- perform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- perform in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- perform at OneLook Dictionary Search
