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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: implement n : a piece of equipment or tool used to effect an end v 1: make use of "implement a procedure" [syn: {apply}, {utilize}] 2: ensure observance of laws and rules "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: {enforce}, {apply}] [ant: {exempt}] 3: pursue to a conclusion; "Did he go through with the treatment?" [syn: {follow through}, {carry out}, {put through}, {go through}]
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