Definition of Perpetrates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of perpetrate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perpetrates

1. perpetrate [v] - See also: perpetrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpetrates

perpending
perpends
perpension
perpensions
perpent
perpent stone
perpent stones
perpents
perper
perpers
perpession
perpessions
perpetrable
perpetrate
perpetrated
perpetrates (current term)
perpetrating
perpetration
perpetrations
perpetrator
perpetrators
perpetuable
perpetual
perpetual-license
perpetual arrhythmia
perpetual beta
perpetual bond
perpetual bonds
perpetual calendar
perpetual license

Literary usage of Perpetrates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of the Artists of Spain by Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1891)
"... of fulfilling the expectations of the royal sitter. He died soon afterwards, in 1708. He was an excellent CH. XIII. Charles II. perpetrates a pun. ..."

2. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper (1898)
"It perpetrates frightful atrocities for the suppression of differences of opinion. Effect of the discovery of the Pandects of Justinian and development of ..."

3. Sophie Arnould, Actress and Wit: Actress and Wit by Robert Bruce Douglas (1898)
"... perpetrates n tragedy and takes it to Voltaire— Sophie gets rid of her old lover, ... perpetrates ..."

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