'Implement' definitions:
Definition of 'implement'
(from WordNet)
noun
Instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
verb
Apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure"
verb
Ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: enforce, implement, apply] [ant: exempt, free, relieve]
verb
Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through]
Definition of 'Implement'
From: GCIDE
- Implement \Im"ple*ment\, v. t.
- 1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements. [1913 Webster]
- The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Implement'
From: GCIDE
- Implement \Im"ple*ment\ ([i^]m"pl[-e]*ment), n. [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confused with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E. employ. See Plenty.] That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. [1913 Webster]
- Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'implement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide by,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- actualize,
- adhere to,
- administer,
- agent,
- amanuensis,
- ancilla,
- apparatus,
- appliance,
- baggage agent,
- bring about,
- bring off,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- business agent,
- carry into effect,
- carry into execution,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- cause,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- claim agent,
- clerk,
- come through,
- come through with,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- complete,
- consignee,
- contraption,
- contrivance,
- creature,
- customer agent,
- device,
- discharge,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- enforce,
- execute,
- factor,
- fed,
- Federal,
- federal agent,
- fill out,
- freight agent,
- fulfill,
- functionary,
- gadget,
- general agent,
- get through,
- gimcrack,
- gimmick,
- gizmo,
- go through,
- go-between,
- hand tool,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- honor,
- instrument,
- insurance agent,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- invoke,
- land agent,
- law agent,
- lever,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- make,
- make out,
- materialize,
- means,
- mechanical device,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- midwife,
- minion,
- news agent,
- observe,
- official,
- organ,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- pawn,
- perform,
- plaything,
- power tool,
- precision tool,
- press agent,
- promulgate,
- prosecute,
- pull off,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- put across,
- put in force,
- put in practice,
- put into effect,
- put into practice,
- put over,
- put through,
- real estate agent,
- realize,
- render,
- sales agent,
- secretary,
- servant,
- slave,
- special agent,
- speed tool,
- station agent,
- steward,
- stooge,
- theatrical agent,
- ticket agent,
- tool,
- toy,
- transact,
- translate into action,
- travel agent,
- utensil,
- vehicle,
- walking delegate,
- work out