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ex·e·cute

(ĕk′sĭ-kyo͞ot′)

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. Computers To run (a program or 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 sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

ex′e·cut′er n.

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execute

(ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt)

vb (tr)

1. (Law) to put (a condemned person) to death; inflict capital punishment upon

2. to carry out; complete; perform; do: to execute an order.

3. to perform; accomplish; effect: to execute a pirouette.

4. to make or produce: to execute a drawing.

5. (Law) to carry into effect (a judicial sentence, the law, etc); enforce

6. (Law) law to comply with legal formalities in order to render (a deed, etc) effective, as by signing, sealing, and delivering

7. (Law) to sign (a will) in the presence of witnesses and in accordance with other legal formalities

8. (Law) to carry out the terms of (a contract, will, etc)

[C14: from Old French executer, back formation from executeur executor]

ˈexeˌcuter n

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ex•e•cute

(ˈɛk sɪˌkyut)

v.t. -cut•ed, -cut•ing.

1. to carry out: to execute a plan.

2. to perform: 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.

6. to play (a piece of music).

7. to give force to, as a law.

8. to carry out the terms of (a will).

9. to give validity to (a legal instrument) by fulfilling the legal requirements.

10. to run (a computer program) or process (a command).

[1350–1400; < Old French executer < Latin execūtus, past participle of ex(s)equī to pursue, carry out]

ex′e•cut`a•ble, adj.

ex′e•cut`er, n.

execute

- Derives from Latin exsequi, "carry out, follow up; punish."

execute

Past participle: executed
Gerund: executing

Imperative
execute
execute

Present
I execute
you execute
he/she/it executes
we execute
you execute
they execute

Preterite
I executed
you executed
he/she/it executed
we executed
you executed
they executed

Present Continuous
I am executing
you are executing
he/she/it is executing
we are executing
you are executing
they are executing

Present Perfect
I have executed
you have executed
he/she/it has executed
we have executed
you have executed
they have executed

Past Continuous
I was executing
you were executing
he/she/it was executing
we were executing
you were executing
they were executing

Past Perfect
I had executed
you had executed
he/she/it had executed
we had executed
you had executed
they had executed

Future
I will execute
you will execute
he/she/it will execute
we will execute
you will execute
they will execute

Future Perfect
I will have executed
you will have executed
he/she/it will have executed
we will have executed
you will have executed
they will have executed

Future Continuous
I will be executing
you will be executing
he/she/it will be executing
we will be executing
you will be executing
they will be executing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been executing
you have been executing
he/she/it has been executing
we have been executing
you have been executing
they have been executing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been executing
you will have been executing
he/she/it will have been executing
we will have been executing
you will have been executing
they will have been executing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been executing
you had been executing
he/she/it had been executing
we had been executing
you had been executing
they had been executing

Conditional
I would execute
you would execute
he/she/it would execute
we would execute
you would execute
they would execute

Past Conditional
I would have executed
you would have executed
he/she/it would have executed
we would have executed
you would have executed
they would have executed

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Verb	1.	execute - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed" put to death kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified" execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" burn - burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" string up, hang - kill by hanging; "The murderer was hanged on Friday" penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
	2.	execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" murder, off, bump off, slay, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" execute, put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"
	3.	execute - put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, accomplish, action complete, finish - come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" follow out, follow up, put through, carry out, follow through, implement, go through - pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" get over - to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task" run - carry out; "run an errand" consummate - make perfect; bring to perfection consummate - fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage" effect, effectuate, set up - produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" do, perform - get (something) done; "I did my job" discharge, dispatch, complete - complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
	4.	execute - carry out the legalities of; "execute a will or a deed" enforce, implement, apply - ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; give - execute and deliver; "Give bond"
	5.	execute - carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" run run, play - cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video" enforce, implement, apply - ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; step - cause (a computer) to execute a single command
	6.	execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" perform, do click off - perform or finish an action rapidly; "The game was clicked off in 1:48" carry - sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" pipe up - begin to play or sing declaim, recite - recite in elocution serenade - sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers" cut corners - do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product" stunt - perform a stunt or stunts cut - perform or carry out; "cut a caper" blaze away - perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly; "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause" scamp - perform hastily and carelessly churn out - perform in a mechanical way premier, premiere - perform a work for the first time star - be the star in a performance appear - appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage" practise, rehearse, practice - engage in a rehearsal (of) ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize, extemporize - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" interpret, render - give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" conduct, direct, lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" make - perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
	7.	execute - sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty" sign - be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"

execute

verb

1. put to death, kill, shoot, hang, behead, decapitate, guillotine, electrocute His father had been executed for treason.

2. carry out, effect, finish, complete, achieve, realize, do, implement, fulfil, enforce, accomplish, render, discharge, administer, prosecute, enact, consummate, put into effect, bring off We are going to execute our campaign plan to the letter.

3. perform, do, carry out, accomplish The landing was skilfully executed.

4. (Law) validate, sign, serve, deliver, seal the procedure for executing a will

Quotations
"We must execute not only the guilty. Execution of the innocent will impress the masses even more" [Nikolai V. Krylenko]

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execute

verb

1. To oversee the provision or execution of:

administer, administrate, carry out, dispense.

2. To compel observance of:

carry out, effect, enforce, implement, invoke.

Idioms: put in force, put into action.

3. To begin and carry through to completion:

do, perform, prosecute.

Informal: pull off.

4. To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion:

bring off, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, put through.

Informal: swing.

5. To perform according to one's artistic conception:

interpret, play, render.

6. To carry out the functions, requirements, or terms of:

discharge, do, exercise, fulfill, implement, keep, perform.

Idiom: live up to.

Translations

يُعْدِمُ يُنَفِّذُيُؤَدّي ، يَقومُ بِ

popravit

henretteudføreforetagegennemføre

hinrichten vollziehen vortragen ausführen durchführen

εκτελώ

ejecutar fusilar llevar a cabo realizar ajusticiar

hukama

teloittaaajaakäynnistää

exécuter réaliser remplir accomplir assurer

pogubitiprovestismaknutiizvršiti

kivégez

framkvæmagera, framkvæma, leikalífláta

giustiziare eseguire fare boia comitato esecutivo

処刑する実行する死刑する

실행하다

egzekucijaegzekutoriusmirties bausmės įvykdymasnubausti mirtimiorganizacinis

izpildītizpildīt (rīkojumu u.tmlsodīt ar nāvi

uitvoeren bewerkstelligen executeren

foredra henrette sette i verk

wykonać

executar

казнить исполнить исполнять

izvršitiusmrtiti

avrättaverkställa

ประหารชีวิต

idam etmek uygulamak yapmak

hành hình

处决完成将…处死执行

execute

[ˈeksɪkjuːt] VT

1. (= put to death) (gen) → ejecutar; (by firing squad) → fusilar

2. (= carry out, perform) [+ plan] → llevar a cabo, ejecutar; [+ work of art] → realizar; [+ order] → ejecutar, cumplir; [+ scheme, task, duty] → desempeñar; [+ will] → ejecutar; [+ document] → otorgar (Comput) → ejecutar

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execute

[ˈɛksɪkjuːt] vt

(= put to death) → exécuter

(= carry out) [+ plan] → mettre à exécution; [+ operation] → réaliser (COMPUTING) [+ command, program] → exécuter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

execute

plan, order, task etc → durchführen, ausführen; movement, dance → ausführen; duties → erfüllen, wahrnehmen; purpose → erfüllen; (Comput) command → ausführen

(Mus: = perform) → vortragen; cadenza etc → ausführen; (Art) → ausführen

criminal → hinrichten

(Jur) will → vollstrecken, ausführen; contract → ausfertigen; (= sign) document → unterzeichnen

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execute

[ˈɛksɪkjuːt] vt

a. (put to death, prisoner) → giustiziare

b. (carry out, plan, movement) → eseguire; (scheme) → attuare; (work of art) → realizzare (Law) (will) → rendere esecutivo/a

execute

(ˈeksikjuːt) verb

1. to put to death by order of the law. After the war many traitors were executed.

2. to carry out (instructions etc).

3. to perform (a movement etc usually requiring skill).

ˌexeˈcution (-ʃən) noun

1. (an act of) killing by law. The judge ordered the execution of the murderer.

2. the act of executing (orders or skilled movements etc).

ˌexeˈcutioner noun

a person whose duty is to put to death condemned persons.

executive (igˈzekjutiv) adjective

1. (in a business organization etc) concerned with management. executive skills.

2. concerned with the carrying out of laws etc. executive powers.

noun

1. the branch of the government that puts the laws into effect.

2. a person or body of people in an organization etc that has power to direct or manage. He is an executive in an insurance company.

executor (igˈzekjutə) noun

a person appointed to see to the carrying out of what is stated in a will. His two brothers are the executors of his will.

execute

→ يُعْدِمُ popravit henrette hinrichten εκτελώ ejecutar teloittaa exécuter pogubiti giustiziare 処刑する 실행하다 executeren henrette wykonać executar казнить verkställa ประหารชีวิต idam etmek hành hình 将…处死

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[1322a] This office is very disagreeable on account of the odium attending it, so that no one will engage therein without it is made very profitable, or, if they do, will they be willing to execute it according to law; but it is most necessary, as it is of no service to pass judgment in any cause without that judgment is carried into execution: for without this human society could not subsist: for which reason it is best that this office should not be executed by one person, but by some of the magistrates of the other courts.

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This simple proposition will teach us how little reason there is to expect, that the persons intrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of a confederacy will at all times be ready, with perfect good-humor, and an unbiased regard to the public weal, to execute the resolutions or decrees of the general authority.

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She had lately remitted the trespass of a stage-coachman, who had overturned her post-chaise into a ditch; nay, she had even broken the law, in refusing to prosecute a highwayman who had robbed her, not only of a sum of money, but of her ear-rings; at the same time d--ning her, and saying, "Such handsome b--s as you don't want jewels to set them off, and be d--n'd to you." But now, so uncertain are our tempers, and so much do we at different times differ from ourselves, she would hear of no mitigation; nor could all the affected penitence of Honour, nor all the entreaties of Sophia for her own servant, prevail with her to desist from earnestly desiring her brother to execute justiceship (for it was indeed a syllable more than justice) on the wench.

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To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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Trefusis settled the matter by giving double what was asked, only imposing such conditions as were necessary to compel the mason to execute the work himself, and not make a profit by hiring other men at the market rate of wages to do it.

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`Off with their heads!' and the procession moved on, three of the soldiers remaining behind to execute the unfortunate gardeners, who ran to Alice for protection.

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On the thirtieth of September, the Testator executes a will, leaving his widow sole executrix, with a legacy of eighty thousand pounds.

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The Prisons Department also gave an undertaking that it will not execute anyone until July 17 even if an order is received.

Prisons Department not informed on executions

This was the first time in the past 14 years that Afghan government executes several Taliban in a single day.

Afghan Govt executes six Taliban prisoners

IF a country executes drug smugglers, isn't it likely the problem of innocent elderly people battered and murdered by desperate drug addicts looking to finance their habit will be minimal?

Drug action; yourLETTERS

GAO determined that in all but 9 cases the agencies had either taken actions to execute the provisions as written, or conditions requiring agency action had not occurred.

Presidential Signing Statements: Agency Implementation of Selected Provisions of Law

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