Executed
['ɛksɪ,kjʊt]
Definition
(adj.) put to death as punishment; 'claimed the body of the executed traitor' .
Typist: Mag--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Execute
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Examples
- 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.
- Presently Philotas was accused of conspiracy, and, upon very insufficient evidence, tortured and executed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If she was executed, the fact remains that her three sons, together with two nephews, became the appointed heirs of Constantine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To do her justice, she executed her plans conscientiously, perseveringly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is impossible, indeed, to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When I have executed this little commission, I shall, perhaps, accept Tellson's proposal to retire and live at my ease. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The command, CHARGE, was given, and was executed with loud cheers and with a run; when the last of the enemy broke. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No doubt Napoleon was well content with the philosophy of those guardsmen who drank his health before he executed them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was executed as a traitor. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- That gentleman would not let the Bengalee rest until he had executed his promise of having a home for Amelia and his father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In a few armies since the Tartar's first invasion of the West were men executed summarily for as little reason as they were under his command. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If the monster executed his threat, death was inevitable; yet, again, I considered whether my marriage would hasten my fate. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The survey of Savoy and Piedmont was executed under the orders of the late king of Sardinia. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Counts Egmont and Horn were executed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This device I executed successfully. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was creditable alike to the general who commanded and the army which had executed it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The one is a finished work which received the last touches of the author: the other is imperfectly executed, and apparently unfinished. Plato. The Republic.
- A large programme, but fully executed! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is voluminous, well executed, and may be useful in our country. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In ten minutes, Sir John's Will was drawn, and executed, and Sir John himself, good man, was finishing his interrupted nap. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Having thus successfully executed his instructions, he returned General Burbridge to Lexington and General Gillem to Knoxville. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Count stopped again and entered a small optician's shop, with an inscription in the window announcing that repairs were neatly executed inside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To Snagsby's, Law-Stationer's, Deeds engrossed and copied, Law-Writing executed in all its branches, &c. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- From first to last there had been condemned and executed about four thousand people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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