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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 war
.
Genius 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.
[Low L.implementum, from impleo, to fill; in and pleo.]may supply wants; particularly, as now used, tools, utensils, vessels, instruments; the tools or instruments of labor; the vessels used in a kitchen, &c.; as the implements of trade or of husbandry. [It is a word of very extensive signification.]

Definition 2024


implement

implement

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭmʹplə-mənt, IPA(key): /ˈɪmpləmənt/

Noun

implement (plural implements)

  1. 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

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)

  1. to bring about; to put into practice
    It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
  2. to carry out; to do
Usage notes
  • Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.
Derived terms
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