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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accomplish \Ac*com"plish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accomplished},
p. pr & vb n. {Accomplishing}.] [OE. acomplissen OF
accomplir F. accomplir L. ad + complere to fill up
complete. See {Complete}, {Finish}.]
1. To complete, as time or distance.
That He would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem. --Dan. ix 2.
He had accomplished half a league or more
--Prescott.
2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to
perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as to accomplish a
design, an object, a promise.
This that is written must yet be accomplished in me
--Luke xxii.
37.
3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence to complete in
acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.
It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those
ends to which Providence did appoint it --Wilkins.
These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect
woman. --Cowden
Clarke.
4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: To do perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate;
complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip;
furnish.
Usage: To {Accomplish}, {Effect}, {Execute}, {Achieve},
{Perform}. These words agree in the general idea of
carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to
fill up to the measure of the intention) generally
implies perseverance and skill; as to accomplish a
plan proposed by one's self an object, a design, an
undertaking. ``Thou shalt accomplish my desire.'' --1
Kings v. 9.
He . . . expressed his desire to see a union
accomplished between England and Scotland.
--Macaulay.
To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It
usually implies some degree of difficulty contended
with as he effected or accomplished what he
intended, his purpose, but little. ``What he decreed,
he effected.'' --Milton.
To work in close design by fraud or guile What
force effected not --Milton.
To execute (to follow out to the end to carry out or
into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as to
execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute
a work a purpose, design, plan project. To perform
is much like to do though less generally applied. It
conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort;
as to perform a mission, a part a task, a work
``Thou canst best perform that office.'' --Milton.
The Saints, like stars, around his seat Perform
their courses still --Keble.
To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's
purpose) usually implies some enterprise or
undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence.
more about accomplishing
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