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EXECUTING
execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
(noun) putting a condemned person to death
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
executing
present participle of execute
Source: Wiktionary
EXECUTE
Ex"e*cute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed; p. pr. & vb. n. Executing.] Etym: [F. exécuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy.]
1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform; Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day Milton.
2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.
3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.
4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
6. (Mus.)
Definition: To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.
Syn.
– To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish.
Ex"e*cute, v. i.
1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward.
2. To perform musically.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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