Perform is defined as to complete something, to meet the requirements or to act in a show.
(verb)See perform in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: 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
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See perform in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb per·formed, per·form·ing, per·forms verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English performen
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman performer
Origin: , from Old French parfornir
Origin: : par-, intensive pref. (from Latin per-, per-)
Origin: + fournir, to furnish; see furnish
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