"perpetrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pə.ˌtɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perpetrate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perpetrates [present, singular, third-person], perpetrating [participle, present], perpetrated [participle, past], perpetrated [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|perpetrat|t=committed, perteptrated}} Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perteptrated”), {{der|en|la|perpetrātus}} Latin perpetrātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive Related terms: perpetration, perpetrator Translations (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit): извършвам (izvǎršvam) (Bulgarian), perpetrar (Catalan), páchat (Czech), begå (Danish), begaan (Dutch), tehdä [with-accusative] (Finnish), syyllistyä [with-illative] (Finnish), suorittaa (Finnish), perpétrer (French), commettre (French), ჩაიდენს (čaidens) (Georgian), begehen (German), verüben (German), elkövet (Hungarian), fremja (Icelandic), perpetrare (Italian), popełniać [imperfective] (Polish), popełnić [perfective] (Polish), dopuszczać się [imperfective] (Polish), dopuścić się [perfective] (Polish), perpetrar (Portuguese), comite (Romanian), совершать (soveršatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), соверши́ть (soveršítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), perpetrar (Spanish), вчиня́ти (včynjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), вчини́ти (včynýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-perpetrate-en-verb-OY0edKDu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

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