IMPLEMENT

implement

(noun) instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

implement

(verb) apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; “implement a procedure”

enforce, implement, apply

(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules; “Apply the rules to everyone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

implement (plural implements)

A tool or instrument for working with.

Synonyms

• See also instrument

Etymology 2

Verb

implement (third-person singular simple present implements, present participle implementing, simple past and past participle implemented)

to bring about; to put into practice

to carry out; to do

Usage notes

• Nouns serving as grammatical objects that commonly collocate: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.

Source: Wiktionary

Im"ple*ment, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

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)

Definition: To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition