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Antonyms for perpetrating

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


Definition of perpetrating

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 :
  • It was in keeping with the rest of the nonsense they were perpetrating.
  • Extract from : « Martian V.F.W. » by G.L. Vandenburg
  • His life was devoted to planning and perpetrating the grossest deceptions.
  • Extract from : « The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass » by Frederick Douglass
  • We do not know what a diabolical wickedness we are perpetrating every day.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters - Third Series » by Alexander Whyte
  • I have come to prevent you from going, from perpetrating this folly.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
  • At the time when this atrocity was perpetrating not an officer interfered.
  • Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
  • Revolt is none the less revolt for perpetrating and relishing a joke.
  • Extract from : « Paris and the Social Revolution » by Alvan Francis Sanborn
  • The enormity of the crime he was perpetrating had frightened him intensely.
  • Extract from : « With Wellington in Spain » by F. S. Brereton
  • I had, however, several reasons for not perpetrating this act.
  • Extract from : « The American Joe Miller » by Various
  • It was now a plain case; somebody had been perpetrating a joke at my expense.
  • Extract from : « The Scout and Ranger » by James Pike
  • We could have had no interest in perpetrating any fraud upon that route.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

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