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