Execute
['eksɪkjuːt] or ['ɛksɪkjut]
Definition
(verb.) sign in the presence of witnesses; 'The President executed the treaty'.
(verb.) kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; 'In some states, criminals are executed'.
(verb.) murder in a planned fashion; 'The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed'.
(verb.) carry out the legalities of; 'execute a will or a deed'.
Typist: Vivienne--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
(v. t.) To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.
(v. t.) To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.
(v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
(v. t.) Too put to death illegally; to kill.
(v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.
(v. i.) To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose.
(v. i.) To perform musically.
Checker: Roland
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Accomplish, effect, effectuate, perform, do, consummate, finish, complete, achieve, carry out, carry through, carry into effect, work out.[2]. Put to death (in pursuance of a judicial sentence).[3]. Sign, seal, and deliver (as a deed).
Inputed by Delia
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONSUMMATE]
Inputed by Anna
Definition
v.t. to perform: to give effect to: to carry into effect the sentence of the law: to put to death by law.—adj. Exec′utable that can be executed.—ns. Exec′utant one who executes or performs; Ex′ecuter; Execū′tion act of executing or performing: accomplishment: completion: carrying into effect the sentence of a court of law: the warrant for so doing: the infliction of capital punishment; Execū′tioner one who executes esp. one who inflicts capital punishment.—adj. Exec′utive designed or fitted to execute: active: qualifying for or pertaining to the execution of the law.—n. the power or authority in government that carries the laws into effect: the persons who administer the government.—adv. Exec′utively.—n. Exec′utor one who executes or performs: the person appointed to see a will carried into effect:—fem. Exec′utress Exec′utrix.—adj. Executō′rial.—n. Exec′utorship.—adj. Exec′utory executing official duties: designed to be carried into effect.
Editor: Upton
Examples
- Mr. Mallard departed to execute his commission; and Serjeant Snubbin relapsed into abstraction until Mr. Phunky himself was introduced. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Is any gentleman ashamed to undertake and execute the commission? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This remark he offers like a most respectable tradesman anxious to execute an order neatly and to the perfect satisfaction of his customer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That we should conceive and execute something on paper. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Grummer, procure assistance, and execute these warrants with as little delay as possible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The hour was come, when Saint Antoine was to execute his horrible idea of hoisting up men for lamps to show what he could be and do. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Feeling too and thought are not really opposed; for he who thinks must feel before he can execute. Plato. The Republic.
- In following the final assembly line from the point where the chain conveyor engages the frame and axles, the visitor is impressed with the dispatch with which every movement is executed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It will probably be the 5th of October before any of the plans herein indicated will be executed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One of his wives was a Jewess, Safiyya, whom he had married on the evening of the battle in which her husband had been captured and executed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His figures, which usually dealt with historical, mythological, or allegorical subjects, were executed in relief, and colored. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So well had the work been planned and executed, however, that nothing happened to hinder the continuous working of the station and the supply of light to customers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What subtle wickedness had the Count planned and executed in my absence? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Gallipoli campaign was finely imagined, but disgracefully executed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had not been back to Woking between getting the order and executing the commission. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Might he be trusted with the commission, what infinite pleasure should he have in executing it! Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the friendliest manner he is making himself quite at home with his back to the fire, executing a statuette of the Colossus at Rhodes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And then she shewed him how, by executing various designs and paintings, she earned a pittance for her support. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- More heads are occupied in inventing the most proper machinery for executing the work of each, and it is, therefore, more likely to be invented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were executing officers of the rank of major and above who were separated from their troops. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- His was the mighty achievement of conceiving and executing in all its details an art and an industry absolutely new to the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is the instrument which executes and maintains all his other regulations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Priscilla