carry on Copy link Outline 1. exerceo, 22. făcĭo, fēci, factum, 33. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (esp. of public business), to c. on and manage public affairs, rem publicam g. et administrare, Cic. • carry on: 1. exerceo, 2: to c. on a trial, judicium ex., Cic.: to c. on an investigation about an assassination, quaestionem inter sicarios ex., Cic. 2. făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3: to c. on the business of a banker, argentariam f., Cic. 3. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (esp. of public business), to c. on and manage public affairs, rem publicam g. et administrare, Cic.: to c. on an undertaking, susceptum negotium g., Cic.: to c. on war, bellum g., Caes.: Cic. Phr.: to c. on war in concert, bellum conjungere, Cic.