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t. & i. [O. Fr. parfournir, from Fr. par (=Lat. per)= thoroughly, and fournir to provide, to furnish.] A. Transitive: 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to do, to execute, to accomplish. "Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently."-1 Esdras viii. 21. 2. To carry into execution; to discharge; to fulfill; to act up to. "To perform your father's will."-Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, i. 2. 3. To act, to play; to represent, as on a stage. "Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou Perform'd, my Ariel."-Shakesp.: Tempest , iii. 3. 4. To play or execute on an instrument; as, to perform a piece of music. B. In trans.: To carry out or complete a work; to act a part; spec if., to act a part, or represent a character on the stage, to play on a musical instrument, . "What miscarries Shall be the general's fault, though he perform To the utmost of a man."- Shakesp .: Coriolanus, i. 1. per-form-a-ble, adj . [Eng. perform: -able .] Capable of being performed, done, executed or ful filled; practicable. "Several actions are not performable without them." Browne : Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., ch. i. per-form-ançe, * per-form-anç-ỹ, s . [Eng. perform; -ance .] 1. The act of performing, executing, or fulfilling; completion or execution of anything; a doing or carrying out of any work, plan, . "Promises are not binding where the performance is impo ible."- Paley : Moral Philosophy , bk. iii., pt. i., ch. v. 2. The state or condition of being performed. 3. That which is performed, done, or executed; a thing done, executed or carried out; an action, a feat, a deed. "Ye have the account Of my performance." Milton: P. L., x. 502. 4. A literary work, composition, or production. 5. The act of performing or executing on a musical instrument. 5. The acting, exhibition, or representation of a character or characters on a stage; an exhibition of skill; an entertainment provided at a place of amusement; as, the performance at a theater.