Definitions for: Accomplish


[v] bring to execution; "carry out a task"; "carry out the surgery"
[v] to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks."



Webster (1913) Definition: Ac*com"plish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accomplished,
p. pr. & vb. n. Accomplishing.] [OE. acomplissen, OF.
accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up,
complete. See Complete, Finish.]
1. To complete, as time or distance.

That He would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem. --Dan. ix. 2.

He had accomplished half a league or more.
--Prescott.

2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to
perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a
design, an object, a promise.

This that is written must yet be accomplished in me.
--Luke xxii.
37.

3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in
acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.

The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.

It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those
ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins.

These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect
woman. --Cowden
Clarke.

4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate;
complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip;
furnish.

Usage: To Accomplish, Effect, Execute, Achieve,
Perform. These words agree in the general idea of
carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to
fill up to the measure of the intention) generally
implies perseverance and skill; as, to accomplish a
plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an
undertaking. ``Thou shalt accomplish my desire.'' --1
Kings v. 9.

He . . . expressed his desire to see a union
accomplished between England and Scotland.
--Macaulay.
To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It
usually implies some degree of difficulty contended
with; as, he effected or accomplished what he
intended, his purpose, but little. ``What he decreed,
he effected.'' --Milton.

To work in close design by fraud or guile What
force effected not. --Milton.
To execute (to follow out to the end, to carry out, or
into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as, to
execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute
a work, a purpose, design, plan, project. To perform
is much like to do, though less generally applied. It
conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort;
as, to perform a mission, a part, a task, a work.
``Thou canst best perform that office.'' --Milton.

The Saints, like stars, around his seat Perform
their courses still. --Keble.
To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's
purpose) usually implies some enterprise or
undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence.

Synonyms: achieve, attain, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill, reach

See Also: average, begin, bring about, come through, come to, compass, complete, consummate, culminate, do, effect, effectuate, finagle, finish, get over, get to, make, manage, perfect, perform, progress to, run, score, set up, strike, succeed, wangle, win

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