accomplish
    v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of
         the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry
         through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,
         fulfill, fulfil]
    2: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
       [syn: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach]

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.
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            That He would accomplish seventy years in the
            desolations of Jerusalem.             --Dan. ix. 2.
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            He had accomplished half a league or more.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   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.
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            This that is written must yet be accomplished in me.
                                                  --Luke xxii.
                                                  37.
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   3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in
      acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
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            The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.
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            It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those
            ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins.
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            These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect
            woman.                                --Cowden
                                                  Clarke.
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   4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   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.
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                He . . . expressed his desire to see a union
                accomplished between England and Scotland.
                                                  --Macaulay.
          [1913 Webster] 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.
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                To work in close design by fraud or guile
                What force effected not.          --Milton.
          [1913 Webster] 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.
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                The Saints, like stars, around his seat
                Perform their courses still.      --Keble.
          [1913 Webster] To achieve (to come to the end or
          arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some
          enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty,
          and excellence.
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