Chapter Perilous to Perverse of P by Soule's Synonymes

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.