Perpetrating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perpetrate \Per"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetrated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Perpetrating}.] [L. perpetratus, p. p. of
     perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]
     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.


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           What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. --Young.
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