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English
Etymology
From Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perpetrated”), from Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrare (“to carry through”), from per (“through”) + patrare (“to perform”), akin to potis (“able”), potens (“powerful”); see potent.
Pronunciation
Verb
perpetrate (third-person singular simple present perpetrates, present participle perpetrating, simple past and past participle perpetrated)
- (transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
- perpetrate a murder
Translations
to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit
— see also commitFurther reading
- “perpetrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “perpetrate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
perpetrate
- inflection of perpetrare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
perpetrate f pl
- feminine plural of perpetrato
Latin
Verb
perpetrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of perpetrō
Spanish
Verb
perpetrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of perpetrar combined with te