implement

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  1. noun A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
  2. noun An article used to outfit or equip.
  3. noun A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.
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  • Ham twisted at the handle of his dark cane, jerked, and it became evident that the implement was a sword cane. —  101 - The Green Eagle
  • • Work with the Resource Development Office Manager and Program Coordinator to develop, implement, and accomplish current and future program goals and objectives in compliance with all county, state, and federal guidelines —  The Sietch Blog
  • Among the projects the legislative assembly hopes to implement are the construction of a new office complex, and a pedestrian footpath linking parliament to the MPs 'offices at Continental House and County Hall, which houses Parliamentary Service Commission 's offices. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
  • The Bicycle Commuter Act should only cost an estimated $1 million per year to implement, as figured by the Joint Committee on Taxation. —  The Palladium-Times Homepage RSS
  • The donors are simply saying -- implement what you set out in the GPA and we will help you, that's all they're saying, 'Molokele said. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
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utensil ·  appliance ·  tool ·  machinery ·  furniture ·  necessaries ·  knife ·  artifacts ·  ammunition ·  trinket ·  jewelry ·  pottery

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implement:   implements ·  implementing ·  implemented
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  1. Middle English, supplementary payment, from Old French emplement, act of filling, from Late Latin implēmentum, from Latin implēre, to fill up : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Old French emplement = Portuguese implemento, from Late Latin implementum, inplementum, a filling up, from Latin implere, inplere, fill up: see implete. Cf. complement, explement, supplement.
  2. from implement, n.
 

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