execute
To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
Verb 4 meanings
To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
“There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.”
To carry out; to put into effect.
“Your orders have been executed, sir!”
To perform.
“to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly”
To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
“to execute a contract”
Etymology
From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor (“to follow (up/through)”, particularly in the sense “to go through with a deed or punishment”), from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).
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EXECUTE at a glance
EXECUTE has 7 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + E 1 + C 3 + U 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,570 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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