implement

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: enforce apply follow through follow up follow out carry out put through go through

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

Verb (3)

apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design“implement a procedure”
ensure observance of laws and rules“Apply the rules to everyone";”Synonyms: enforce apply
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”Synonyms: follow through follow up follow out carry out put through go through

Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]