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ex⋅e⋅cute

  [ek-si-kyoot] verb, -cut⋅ed, -cut⋅ing.
Use Execute in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan or order.
2. to perform or do: to execute a maneuver; to execute a gymnastic feat.
3. to inflict capital punishment on; put to death according to law.
4. to murder; assassinate.
5. to produce in accordance with a plan or design: a painting executed by an unknown artist.
6. to perform or play (a piece of music).
7. Law.
a. to give effect or force to (a law, decree, judicial sentence, etc.).
b. to carry out the terms of (a will).
c. to transact or carry through (a contract, mortgage, etc.) in the manner prescribed by law; complete and give validity to (a legal instrument) by fulfilling the legal requirements, as by signing or sealing.
8. Computers. to run (a program or routine) or to carry out (an instruction in a program).
–verb (used without object)
9. to perform or accomplish something, as an assigned task.
10. Sports. to perform properly the fundamental moves or mechanics of a sport, game, position, or particular play; show smoothness in necessary skills: We just didn't execute defensively.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME executen < OF executer < ML execūtāre, deriv. of L execūtus, ptp. of ex(s)equī to follow up, carry out (punishment), execute; see ex- 1 , sequence

Related forms:
ex⋅e⋅cut⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅e⋅cut⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. achieve, complete, finish, consummate. 2. See perform. 3. See kill 1 . 7a. enforce, administer.
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ex·e·cute   (ěk'sĭ-kyōōt')   
tr.v.   ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing, ex·e·cutes
  1. To put into effect; carry out: a government that executes the decisions of the ruling party.
  2. To perform; do: execute a U-turn. See Synonyms at perform.
  3. To create (a work of art, for example) in accordance with a prescribed design.
  4. To make valid, as by signing: execute a deed.
  5. To perform or carry out what is required by: execute the terms of a will.
  6. To put to death, especially by carrying out a lawful sentence.
  7. Computer Science To run (a program or an instruction).

[Middle English executen, from Old French executer, from Medieval Latin execūtāre, from Latin execūtor, executor, from execūtus, past participle of exequī, exsequī, to pursue, carry out : ex-, ex- + sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ex'e·cut'a·ble adj., ex'e·cut'er n.
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Execute

Ex"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed; p. pr. & vb. n. Executing.] [F. ex['e]cuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy.]

1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day? --Milton.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.

5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] --Shak.

6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.

Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish.

Execute

Ex"e*cute\, v. i. 1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] --Hayward.

2. To perform musically.
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Language Translation for : Execute
Spanish: ejecutar,
German: hinrichten,
Japanese: 処刑する
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Main Entry: ex·e·cute
Pronunciation: 'ek-si-"kyüt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cut·ed; -cut·ing
1 : PERFORM: as a : to carry out fully executed violence, but also threatened violence —Louisiana Civil Code> b : to do what is provided or required by <execute a contract> <execute a search warrant> c : to deem (a use in property) to confer full seisin in a cestui que use by operation of the Statute of Uses
2 : to perform what is required to give validity to; especially : to complete (as by signing and delivering) in proper form <execute a note> <execute a deed>
3 : to put to death in compliance with a judicial death sentence
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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execute
execution

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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