— perpetrable /perr"pi treuh beuhl/ , adj. — perpetration , n. — perpetrator , n.
/perr"pi trayt'/ , v.t., perpetrated, perpetrating .
1. to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
2. to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy?
[ 1540-50; perpetratus (ptp. of perpetrare to carry out, execute, perform), equiv. to per- PER- + -petr- (comb. form of patrare to father, bring about; see PATER) + -a- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix; see -ATE 1 ]