单词 | perpetrate |
释义 | † perpetrateadj. Obsolete. Used as past participle: perpetrated. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed > of something bad perpetrate1472 perpetrated1552 committed1555 trespassed1631 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 19/1 Treasons and Felonyes..by any persone done or perpetrat. c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas i. in Wks. (1898) I. 375 Pigmalion's cruell crime, Against her mate in privy perpetrate. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 49 The newes of a horrid murder that had bein perpetrat at Paris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). perpetratev. 1. transitive. In a neutral sense: to carry out or carry on (an action); to perform. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] i-wurchec888 i-dreeeOE doeOE dightc1000 workOE haveOE fet1297 takec1380 gara1400 playc1410 practisec1475 bedrive1481 fetch1530 perpetrate1535 act1590 exert1662 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 26 §4 All actions realles, hereafter shalbe conueied, perpetrated, or sued for any landes. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 315 To pray hir to accept him for such, as from that time forth wold perpetrate nothing but vnder ye title of hir good name. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 67 For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,..w'are stear'd by Fate. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. iv. 31 By communing with young Madam Sophia, she will effect more than you have been able to perpetrate by more rigorous measures. View more context for this quotation 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Poems I. 108 Not all the streams which issue when I weep, Can perpetrate an act so good, so kind. 1849 J. K. Paulding Puritan & Daughter II. viii. 102 I would respectfully recommend that you perpetrate, as it were, a good deed. 1916 Atlantic Monthly July 92/1 We must perpetrate the paradox that our American cultural tradition lies in the future. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic vii. 155 Sun rockabilly, as perpetrated by Presley, Lewis, Carl Perkins and assorted others. 2. transitive. To commit (a criminal, immoral, or harmful act). Also in weakened use: to commit (a folly, error, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > something bad workeOE doOE commit1445 commisea1475 perpetrec1475 perpetrate1542 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [verb (transitive)] > deed perpetrec1475 perpetrate1542 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f.162 Lest that thou dooe committe and perpetrate..thynges, whiche..to haue doen, it dooeth now repente me. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 264 If the offence bee perpetrated in a Barne of the house. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 34 To perpetrate like villany on the other Princes. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide v. ii. 67 The auspicious Hour To perpetrate the Deed. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. vi. 194 All the usual atrocities were perpetrated by the brutal soldiery. 1897 H. James Spoils of Poynton ii. 18 How she could possibly be expected to sit there with the new proprietors and accept..the horrors they would perpetrate in the house. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot iii. xv. 226 They've got to undo all the follies the last government perpetrated. 2000 Independent 29 Feb. i. 3/2 Research has shown that most male rape is perpetrated by heterosexual men. 3. transitive. humorous and ironic. To do or produce (esp. a creative or artistic act) execrably, ineptly, or ineffectually. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > something bad > something humorously seen as bad commit1678 perpetrate1823 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxxxii. 156 O Wilberforce!..There's another little thing..Which you should perpetrate some summer's day..: You have freed the blacks—now pray shut up the whites. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. viii. 179 Sir Philip induced two of his sisters to perpetrate a duet. 1898 H. James Turn of Screw xviii, in Two Magics 126 They..perpetrated, in higher spirits than ever, geographical and historical jokes. 1969 J. Gross Rise & Fall Man of Lett. i. 21 Arthur Pendennis becomes a journalist and even perpetrates a novel. 2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Oct. d8/4 The four would-be hip dancemakers who perpetrated the Harrison event. Derivatives ˈperpetrated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed > of something bad perpetrate1472 perpetrated1552 committed1555 trespassed1631 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Perpetrated, perpetratus. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Ep. Ded. 3 The most perpetrated villany committed in the sight of the sun. 1725 New Canting Dict. Scrap, a Design, a purpos'd Villainy, a vile Intention; also a perpetrated Roguery. 1997 M. Todorova Imagining Balkans v. 137 What is at stake is the specific character of the perpetrated violence. ˈperpetrating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > of something bad perpetrationc1429 committing1463 commissionc1485 commitment1611 perpetrating1615 committal1616 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] wonder1154 wickednessa1300 perpetrationc1429 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 malefaction1604 perpetrating1615 malefacture1635 1615 J. Greene Refut. Apol. Actors 14 The pestilence of minde wherewith the people by bloody spectacls might be infected, to the perpetrating of any butcherous attempt. 1891 Cornhill Mag. (European ed.) May 484 The interposition of such a joke, the perpetrating and recognising of which are always regarded as a tacit reconciliation. 1969 A. D. Grimshaw Racial Violence in U.S. ii. ix. 295 The perpetrating individuals or groups were, during major riots, more likely to be found where there was more action. 2003 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 June 14 Everybody thinks they were the victim, don't they, even when they've done the perpetrating of the most horrible crimes? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1472v.1535 |
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