Thesaurus: implement

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1. n. That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
2. v. t. To accomplish; to fulfill.
3. v. t. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
4. v. t. To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
5. n. instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
6. v. apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
7. v. ensure observance of laws and rules
8. v. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
9. That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge. 1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.] Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. Sir W. Scott. 2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements. The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. Nichol. 3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
10. That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., aninstrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as,the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge.
11. n:5/v:95 n. instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end v. apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design