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verb

Perform v. t. (past & past part. performed; pres. part. performing)

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. "I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me." "Great force to perform what they did attempt."

To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow. "To perform your father's will."

To represent; to act; to play; as in drama. "Perform a part thou hast not done before."

Synonyms: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute; discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See Accomplish.

Perform v. i. To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.

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Etymology of 'Perform'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... bring your letters to Suffolk House to Jones. I shall long to hear from you; but if you should deny the only hope that's left me, I must beg you will defer it till Christmas Day be past; for, to deal freely with you, I have some devotions to perform then, which must not be disturbed with anything, and nothing is like to do it as ...

— The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 • Edward Abbott Parry

... would be plentiful; for whenever she left the house she had a respectful shadow; never close, but always in the vicinity, and remembering yesterday and the lawn-mower she now realized that the watchdog who guarded her by night had orders to perform the ...

— In Apple-Blossom Time - A Fairy-Tale to Date • Clara Louise Burnham

... a boy called Luard between whom and Philip a friendship had arisen, and one day, when they were playing together in the school-room, Luard began to perform some trick with an ...

— Of Human Bondage • W. Somerset Maugham

... of the Act of Union contemplated such possibility), what greater absurdity could there be than to suppose that a college of administration created for the specific purposes of such union would be competent to perform acts of sovereignty within each of those countries in matters of justice, ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... the king or queen, laying his or her hand upon the holy gospels, shall say, The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep: so help me God. And ...

— Commentaries on the Laws of England - Book the First • William Blackstone

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