perpetrator (perpetrator)

[= OF. perpe trateur = Sp. Pg. per pet rad or = It. per pet rat ore, = Sp. Pg. per pet rad or: A principal in the first degree is he that is the actor or absolute perpetrator of the crime. Black stone , Com., IV. iii. perpetuable (per-pet"ū-a-bl), a . [= OF. per petuable , perpetuabilis , perpetuare , perpetuate: see perpetuate .] Capable of being perpetuated or continued indefinitely. Varieties are perpetuable , like species. A. Gray. perpetual (per-pet'u-al), a. [ It. Sp. Pg. perpetuo, OF. perpetu, perpetual), Baker , Chronicles, p. 290. 2. Continuing or continued without intermi ion; uninterrupted; continuous; continual: as, a perpetual stream; the perpetual action of the heart and arteries; a vow of perpetual poverty. petuelly, perpetuelli; Perpetuelli schal ben holden a-forn ye ymage of oure lady at ye he ye auter. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. The shadow of a tree in the river seemeth to have continued the same a long time in the water, but it is perpetu ally renewed in the continual ebbing and flowing thereof. Raleigh , Hist. World, Pref., p. 53.