execute

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 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.
3. 3.To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
4. 4.Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
5. 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.
6. 6.To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward.
7. 7.To perform musically.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor called?
• What is too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak called?
• What is to perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. See Accomplish called?
• What is to do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward called?