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perform definition

per·form (pər fôrm′)

transitive verb

  1. to act on so as to accomplish or bring to completion; execute; carry out (a task, process, etc.)
  2. to carry out; meet the requirements of; fulfill (a promise, command, etc.)
  3. to give a performance of; render or enact (a piece of music, a dramatic role, etc.)

Etymology: ME performen < Anglo-Fr parformer, altered (infl. by forme, form) < OFr parfournir, to perform, consummate < par (< L per-, intens.) + fornir, to accomplish, furnish

intransitive verb

to carry out or execute an action or process; esp., to take part in a musical program, act in a play, dance, etc. before an audience

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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