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Execute

verb

(past & past part. executed; pres. part. executing)

Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment. Synonym: put to death.

Murder in a planned fashion.

Put in effect. Synonyms: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill. "Execute the decision of the people" , "He actioned the operation"

Carry out the legalities of.

Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine. Synonym: run. "Run a new program on the Mac" , "The computer executed the instruction"

Carry out or perform an action. Synonyms: do, perform. "The skater executed a triple pirouette" , "She did a little dance"

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... expenses at London were so great that the post of resident minister was ruinous. Mr. Adams promised Mr. Gallatin carte blanche as to his instructions. But instead of latitude and discretionary power he received at New York voluminous directions which he engaged faithfully to execute, while regretting that they had not been made known to him sooner. Nevertheless, in the three days which intervened before his sailing, he wrote to Mr. Clay a lucid statement of the points in issue, and mentioned the modifications he desired. The points were: 1. The northeastern ...

— Albert Gallatin - American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII • John Austin Stevens

... him that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end will I give power over the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron" (Rev. ii. 26, 27). Also we have in Psalm cxlix. 6-9, "Let a two-edged sword be in their hand, to execute vengeance upon the nations, punishments upon the peoples; to bind their kings with chains, and their rulers with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all His saints." Moreover, St. Paul writes to the Corinthians: "Do ye not know that the ...

— An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality • James Challis

... not possess adequate means to enforce the law. Obviously it was undesirable that he should invade Perrot's bailiwick in person. He therefore instructed the judge at Montreal to arrest all the coureurs de bois who were there. A loyal attempt was made to execute this command, with the result that Perrot at once intervened and threatened to imprison the judge if he repeated ...

— The Fighting Governor - A Chronicle of Frontenac • Charles W. Colby

... had something we wanted to do on a day when you had a commission to execute you would leave your work ...

— Revelations of a Wife - The Story of a Honeymoon • Adele Garrison

... plan, how pleasant to execute. How exciting to see it grow under one's own eye, the work of one's own hand, the creation of one's own taste. It is decided on; Dechamps retires, the papers go in, the hero goes out—what a relief! no inspection of soldiers' dirty kits—no parade by day—no guards nor ...

— Nature and Human Nature • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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