PER
Per, prep. Etym: [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par, prep.]
Defn: Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually. — Per cent, Per centum, by the hundred; in the hundred; — used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. — Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.]
PERACT
Per*act", v. t. Etym: [L. peractus, p.p. of peragere.]
Defn: To go through with; to perform. [Obs.] Sylvester.
PERACUTE
Per`a*cute", a. Etym: [L. peracutus. See Per-, and Acute.]
Defn: Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. [R.] Harvey.
PERADVENTURE Per`ad*ven"ture, adv. & conj. Etym: [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
Defn: By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If peradventure he speak against me." Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24.
PERADVENTURE
Per`ad*ven"ture, n.
Defn: Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South.