Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To cut off or out.

(Harvey)

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(en verb)

To do something; to execute.

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To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

* Shakespeare

Perform a part thou hast not done before.