perpetrate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perteptrated”), from Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrare (“to carry through”), from per (“through”) + patrare (“to perform”), akin to potis (“able”), potens (“powerful”); see potent.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pə.ˌtɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]perpetrate (third-person singular simple present perpetrates, present participle perpetrating, simple past and past participle perpetrated)
- (transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
- perpetrate a murder
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit
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Further reading
[edit]- “perpetrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “perpetrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]perpetrate
- inflection of perpetrare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]perpetrate f pl
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]perpetrāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]perpetrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of perpetrar combined with te
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