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perpetrate

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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.

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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.
    perpetrate a murder
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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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perpetrate

  1. inflection of perpetrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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perpetrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of perpetrato

Latin

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perpetrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of perpetrō

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perpetrate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of perpetrar combined with te
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