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IMPLEMENTAL

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im⋅ple⋅ment

  [n. im-pluh-muhnt; v. im-pluh-ment, -muhnt]
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–noun
1. any article used in some activity, esp. an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
2. an article of equipment, as household furniture, clothing, ecclesiastical vestments, or the like.
3. a means; agent: human beings as an implement of divine plan.
–verb (used with object)
4. to fulfill; perform; carry out: Once in office, he failed to implement his campaign promises.
5. to put into effect according to or by means of a definite plan or procedure.
6. to fill out or supplement.
7. to provide with implements.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL implēmentum a filling up, equiv. to L implē(re) to fill up (im- im- 1 + plēre to fill ) + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
im⋅ple⋅ment⋅a⋅ble, adjective
im⋅ple⋅men⋅tal, adjective
im⋅ple⋅men⋅ta⋅tion, noun
im⋅ple⋅ment⋅er, im⋅ple⋅men⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. See tool.
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Word Origin & History

implement  (n.)
1454, from L.L. implementem "a filling up" (as with provisions), from L. implere "to fill," from in- "in" + plere "to fill" (see plenary). Sense of "tool" is 1538, from notion of things provided to do work, that which "fills up" a house, etc. The verb is 1806, originally chiefly in Scot., where it was a legal term meaning "fulfillment." It led to the wretched formation implementation, first recorded 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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