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Webster 1913 Edition
Implement
Im′ple-ment
(ĭm′plē̍-ment)
, Noun.
[LL.
implementum
accomplishment, fr. L. implere
, impletum
, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im-
in + plere
to fill. The word was perh. confused 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, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end;
as, the
. implements
of trade, of husbandry, or of warGenius must have talent as its complement and
implement
. Coleridge.
Im′ple-ment
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Implement
IM'PLEMENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
implement
implement
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭmʹplə-mənt, IPA(key): /ˈɪmpləmənt/
Noun
implement (plural implements)
- A tool or instrument for working with.
- They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
- A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:instrument
Translations
a tool
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Etymology 2
From Scottish English or Scots implement (“fulfill”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭmʹplə-mĕnt, IPA(key): /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/
Verb
implement (third-person singular simple present implements, present participle implementing, simple past and past participle implemented)
- to bring about; to put into practice
- It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
- to carry out; to do
Usage notes
- Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.
Derived terms
Translations
bring about
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