Hypertext Webster Gateway: "implement"
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) 1.7 (wn)
implement
n : instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to
effect an end
v 1: make use of; "implement a procedure" [syn: {apply}, {utilize},
{utilise}]
2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to
everyone"; [syn: {enforce}, {apply}] [ant: {exempt}]
3: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did
he go through with the treatment?" "He implemented a new
economic plan" [syn: {follow through}, {carry out}, {put
through}, {go through}]
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