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Antonyms for perpetrated

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pur-pi-treyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪt


Definition of perpetrated

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare "to perform, to accomplish," from per- "completely" + patrare "carry out," originally "bring into existence," from pater "father" (see father (n.)). Earlier in English was perpetren, mid-15c., from Old French perpetrer. Neither good nor bad in Latin, first used in English in statutes, hence its sense of "to perform criminally." Related: Perpetrated; perpetrating.
  • verb be responsible for
Example sentences :
  • But Walter's expression was that of a person upon whom an outrage has just been perpetrated.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • Perhaps some new devilry of the gods was about to be perpetrated on him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • What is the present state of the soul of the person who perpetrated that crime?
  • Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
  • The other (in a tone of deep vexation): Pray, what thing of the sort are you aware I ever perpetrated?
  • Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
  • Her own hands swerved, blundered, and she perpetrated a hopeless discord.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • I have perpetrated such a mad jest that I am myself entirely contented.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • He felt that he had perpetrated a bloomer of no slight magnitude.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • It is not known that personal abuse was perpetrated in them.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Who is the lost man that has perpetrated such a dreadful crime?
  • Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds
  • They both laughed as if a great witticism had been perpetrated.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger

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