Etymology

perpetrate

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Today it means: To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit. Full definition →

Middle English perpetrat ← Latin perpetrātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromperpetrātus
  2. Middle English · derived fromperpetrat“committed, perpetrated”
  3. English todayperpetrate

From Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perpetrated”), from Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrāre (“to carry through”).

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