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Word Meanings - PERPETRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit ; to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young.

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  • YOUNGISH
    Somewhat young. Tatler.
  • SENSE
    A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing,
  • THROUGHOUT
    In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
  • YOUNG
    , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
  • YOUNGTH
    Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
  • ENDUREMENT
    Endurance. South.
  • YOUNGNESS
    The quality or state of being young.
  • COMMONLY
    1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser.
  • COMMITTAL
    The act of commiting, or the state of being committed; commitment.
  • EXECUTE
    1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. Hayward. 2. To perform musically.
  • YOUNG ONE
    A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
  • PERPETRATE
    To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit ; to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young.
  • PERFORMANCE
    The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.
  • CARRYK
    A carack. Chaucer.
  • YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
  • COMMITTER
    1. One who commits; one who does or perpetrates. South. 2. A fornicator. T. Decker.
  • COMMIT
    1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto. Commit thy way unto the Lord. Ps. xxxvii. 5. Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. Shak. 2. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison. These
  • THROUGH
    thuru, OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth. ; 1. From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece
  • CARRYALL
    A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
  • EXECUTER
    One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.
  • INSENSE
    To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell.
  • YOUNGLY
    Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
  • SCARRY
    Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
  • MISCARRY
    1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak. 2. To bring forth young
  • WHERETHROUGH
    Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
  • NONSENSE
    1. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity. 2. Trifles; things of no importance. Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur,
  • OVERCARRY
    To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

 

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