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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCOM'PLISH, v.t. [L. compleo, to complete. See Complete.]
1. To complete; to finish entirely.
That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem. Daniel 9
2. To execute; as to accomplish a vow, wrath or fury. Leviticus 13 and 20.
3. To gain; to obtain or effect by successful exertions; as to accomplish a purpose. Proverbs 13.
4. To fulfil or bring to pass; as, to accomplish a prophecy.
This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. Luke 22.
5. To furnish with qualities which serve to render the mind or body complete, as with valuable endowments and elegant manners.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English accomplisshen, from Anglo-French accompliss-, stem of accomplir, from Vulgar Latin *accompl?re, from Latin ad- + compl?re to fill up — more at complete Date: 14th century 1. to bring about (a result) by effort <have much to accomplish today> 2. to bring to completion ; fulfill <we can accomplish the job in an hour> 3. to succeed in reaching (a stage in a progression) <would starve before accomplishing half the distance — W. H. Hudson †1922> 4. archaic a. to equip thoroughly b. perfect Synonyms: see perform • accomplishable adjective • accomplisher noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. perform; complete; succeed in doing. Etymology: ME f. OF acomplir f. L complere COMPLETE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(accomplishes, accomplishing, accomplished) If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it. If we'd all work together, I think we could accomplish our goal... They are skeptical about how much will be accomplished by legislation. = achieve VERB: V n, V n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-kom'-plish: Richly represented in the Old Testament by seven Hebrew synonyms and in the New Testament by five Greek (the King James Version); signifying in Hebrew

(1) "to complete" (La 4:11);

(2) "to fulfill" (Da 9:2);

(3) "to execute" (1Ki 5:9);

(4) "to set apart" i.e. "consecrate" (Le 22:21);

(5) "to establish" (Jer 44:25 the King James Version);

(6) "to have pleasure in" (Job 14:6);

(7) "to perfect" (Ps 64:6);

in Greek

(1) "to finish" (Ac 21:5);

(2) "to bring to an end" (Heb 9:6);

(3) "to be fulfilled" (Lu 2:6);

(4) "to fill out" (Lu 9:31);

(5) "to complete" (Lu 12:50).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Complete, achieve, effect, execute, perform, do, consummate, compass, carry, carry into effect, carry through, carry out, get through, bring about, work out, turn out, turn off. 2. Finish, end, conclude, terminate. 3. Fulfil, realize, effectuate, bring to pass. 4. (Rare.) Equip, furnish, supply.

Moby Thesaurus

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