accomplishing

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accomplishing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Accomplish \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.
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              That He would accomplish seventy years in the
              desolations of Jerusalem.             --Dan. ix. 2.
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              He had accomplished half a league or more.
                                                    --Prescott.
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     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.
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              This that is written must yet be accomplished in me.
                                                    --Luke xxii.
                                                    37.
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     3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in
        acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
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              The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.
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              It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those
              ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins.
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              These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect
              woman.                                --Cowden
                                                    Clarke.
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     4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     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.
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                  He . . . expressed his desire to see a union
                  accomplished between England and Scotland.
                                                    --Macaulay.
            [1913 Webster] 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.
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                  To work in close design by fraud or guile
                  What force effected not.          --Milton.
            [1913 Webster] 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.
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                  The Saints, like stars, around his seat
                  Perform their courses still.      --Keble.
            [1913 Webster] To achieve (to come to the end or
            arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some
            enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty,
            and excellence.
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