Perpetrate, v. a. Do (as something base), commit, perform, execute, be guilty of.
Perpetration, n. Commission (as of a crime), doing, performing.
Perpetual, a. Endless, unending, everlasting, eternal, ever-during, ceaseless, unceasing, continual, incessant, unintermitted, uninterrupted, constant, interminable, perennial, never-ceasing, never-failing, unfailing, enduring, permanent, sempiternal.
Perpetuate, v. a. Eternize, make perpetual.
Perpetuity, n. Eternity, endless duration, continued existence, uninterrupted existence, perennity, sempiternity, everlastingness.
Perplex, v. a.
- 1. Entangle, tangle, complicate, involve, snarl, make intricate, make difficult, encumber.
- 2. Embarrass, puzzle, distract, pose, bewilder, beset, mystify, confuse, confound, pother.
- 3. Plague, vex, harass, tease, molest, trouble, annoy, disturb, worry, pester, embarrass, bother.
Perplexing, a. Troublesome, puzzling, embarrassing, bewildering, confusing, difficult, intricate.
Perplexity, n.
- 1. Intricacy, intricateness, complexity, obscurity, hardness, complication, involution, unintelligibility, entanglement.
- 2. Concern, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, embarrassment, distraction, doubt, confusion, bewilderment.
- 3. Embarrassment, difficulty, strait, hobble, pickle, critical situation, plight, predicament, dilemma, quandary,
pass, pinch, scrape.
Perpotation, n. Drinking-bout, debauch, carouse.
Perron, n. (Arch.) External stair, doorsteps, stoop.
Per saltum. [L.] By a leap, by a jump.
Per se. [L.] By itself, alone, apart.
Persecute, v. a.
- 1. Oppress, harass, afflict, molest, distress, worry, hunt down, run down, pursue malignantly, drive from
pillar to post, injure persistently.
- 2. Harass, solicit, importune, annoy, tease, worry, pester.