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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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im·ple·ment   (ĭm'plə-mənt)   
n.  
  1. A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
  2. An article used to outfit or equip.
  3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.
tr.v.   (-měnt') im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments
  1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
  2. To supply with implements.

[Middle English, supplementary payment, from Old French emplement, act of filling, from Late Latin implēmentum, from Latin implēre, to fill up : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
im'ple·men·ta'tion (-mən-tā'shən, -měn-) n., im'ple·ment'er, im'ple·men'tor n.
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Implement

Im"ple*ment\, n. [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confuse with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E. employ. See Plenty.] That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.

Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. --Coleridge.

Implement

Im"ple*ment\, v. t. 1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.]

Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. --Sir W. Scott.

2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.

The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. --Nichol.

3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
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Language Translation for : implement
Spanish: instrumento, herramienta,
German: das Gerät,
Japanese: 道具
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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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