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execute
/ˈɛksəkˌjut/
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What does execute mean?
verb
- To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- To carry out; to put into effect.
- To perform.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- To start, launch, or run.
- To run, usually successfully.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛksəkˌjut/
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Jude did not get any better, and one day he requested Arabella, with considerable hesitation, to execute a commission for him.
Clement was on various other occasions invited to undertake work requiring extra skill, which other mechanics were unwilling or unable to execute.
More book examples (3)
But if it was thus dangerous to be the secret depositary of such a commission, how much more so to execute it?
But if a Bond, or any other description of security, would be preferred, I should be happy to execute any such instrument.
The duty to obey and to execute embraces the Constitution in its entirety and the whole code of laws enacted under it.