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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Perpetrate

/pẽrp'-ət-rātˌ/ · Per·pe·trate · IPA /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəˌtɹeɪt/
01 v. t. To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpet…
imp. & p. p. Perpetrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perpetrating
  1. 1.
    To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.
    “What the worst perpetrate, or best endure.” Young.