Per"pent stone` (?). See Perpender.
Per*pes"sion (?), n. [L. perpessio, fr. perpeti, perpessus, to bear
steadfastly; per + pati to bear.] Suffering; endurance. [Obs.] Bp.
Pearson.
Per"pe*tra"ble (?), a. Capable of being perpetrated. R. North.
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.
Per`pe*tra"tion (?), n. [L. perpetratio: cf. F. perpÈtration.] 1. The
act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something
wrong, as a crime.