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peract, v. Now rare.|pɜːˈrækt|
[f. L. peract-, ppl. stem of peragĕre to perform, accomplish, f. per- (per-1 2) + agĕre to drive, do.]
trans. To practise, perform; to accomplish, carry out.
1621Summary of Du Bartas i. iii. 149 In certaine sports called Floralia,..diuers insolencies..were peracted. 1642H. More Song of Soul iv. xxxi, This faculty..Extends itself to whatsoever that The soul peracts. 1654Vilvain Epit. Ess. i. li, Sundry ages after the Flood peracted. 1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. xii. 89 For the more contentfully peracting this Tax. 1892Stevenson Vailima Lett. xvii, Much waste of time,..and little transacted or at least peracted. |