perpetrate

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pə.ˌtɹaɪt/

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.

• perpetration
• perpetrator

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

perpetrate

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

perpetrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perpetrō