Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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