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Antonyms for perpetrate

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

Definition of perpetrate

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 :
  • He must be rid of the fellow in some way—no eye must see him perpetrate the deed he had in mind.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • "What a lot of folly they have allowed me to perpetrate," he muttered as he ran along.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Let me perpetrate one more,—one which is perhaps the most glaring of all.
  • Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
  • It is at this point that we perpetrate one of our commonest blunders.
  • Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
  • Secondly, that you undertake to perpetrate no act of piracy while I am on board.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate Slaver » by Harry Collingwood
  • Bid them do the deed that you are too cowardly to perpetrate yourself!
  • Extract from : « Under the Rebel's Reign » by Charles Neufeld
  • In a word, what vice and crime does he perpetrate—what low acts does he commit?
  • Extract from : « The Romany Rye » by George Borrow
  • But short of this, they can hardly be aware of the extent of the mischief they perpetrate.
  • Extract from : « Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments » by Various
  • Pollux, I repeat it, did not perpetrate the caricature, but a sculptor from Rome.
  • Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • It was just possible that the ranchers might perpetrate some hostile act.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

Synonyms for perpetrate

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