perpetrate

English

Etymology

From Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare (“to carry through”), from per (“through”) + patrare (“to perform”), akin to potis (“able”), potens (“powerful”); see potent.

Verb

perpetrate (third-person singular simple present perpetrates, present participle perpetrating, simple past and past participle perpetrated)

1. (transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.

Related terms

• perpetration
• perpetrator

Translations

to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit

Finnish: tehdä (+ accusative), syyllistyä (+ illative), suorittaa (fi) Hungarian: elkövet (hu)

Romanian: comite (ro) Spanish: perpetrar (es)

External links

• perpetrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• perpetrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb

perpetrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of perpetrare
2. second-person plural imperative of perpetrare
3. Feminine plural of perpetrato

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Latin

Verb

perpetrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perpetrō