IMPLEMENTS

Noun

implements

plural of implement

Verb

implements

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implement

Source: Wiktionary


IMPLEMENT

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



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