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What does "execute" mean?

Execute: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
  3. 4.Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. 5.(Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. See Accomplish.
  5. 6.To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward.
  6. 7.To perform musically.

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