Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Perpetrate

Perpetrate , transitive verb

[Latin perpetratus, past participle 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