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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IM'PLEMENT,n. [Low L.implementum, from impleo, to fill; in and pleo.]may supply wants; particularly, as now used, tools, utensils, vessels, instruments; the tools or instruments of labor; the vessels used in a kitchen, etc.; as the implements of trade or of husbandry. [It is a word of very extensive signification.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end v
1: apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure"
2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: enforce, implement, apply] [ant: exempt, free, relieve]
3: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin implementum action of filling up, from Latin impl?re to fill up, from in- + pl?re to fill — more at full Date: 15th century 1. an article serving to equip <the implements of religious worship> 2. a device used in the performance of a task ; tool, utensil 3. one that serves as an instrument or tool <the partnership agreement does not seem to be a very potent implement — H. B. Hoffman> Synonyms: implement, tool, instrument, appliance, utensil mean a relatively simple device for performing work. implement may apply to anything necessary to perform a task <crude stone implements> <farm implements>. tool suggests an implement adapted to facilitate a definite kind or stage of work and suggests the need of skill more strongly than implement <a carpenter's tools>. instrument suggests a device capable of delicate or precise work <the dentist's instruments>. appliance refers to a tool or instrument utilizing a power source and suggests portability or temporary attachment <household appliances>. utensil applies to a device used in domestic work or some routine unskilled activity <kitchen utensils>. II. transitive verb Date: 1806 1. carry out, accomplish; especially to give practical effect to and ensure of actual fulfillment by concrete measures 2. to provide instruments or means of expression for • implementation noun • implementer or implementor noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a tool, instrument, or utensil. 2 (in pl.) equipment; articles of furniture, dress, etc. 3 Law performance of an obligation. --v.tr. 1 a put (a decision, plan, etc.) into effect. b fulfil (an undertaking). 2 complete (a contract etc.). 3 fill up; supplement. Derivatives: implementation n. Etymology: ME f. med.L implementa (pl.) f. implere employ (as IN-(2), L plere plet- fill)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(implemented) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you implement something such as a plan, you ensure that what has been planned is done. The government promised to implement a new system to control financial loan institutions... = carry out VERB: V n • implementation Very little has been achieved in the implementation of the peace agreement signed last January. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 2. An implement is a tool or other piece of equipment. (FORMAL) ...writing implements. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Instrument, tool, utensil.

Moby Thesaurus

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