execute

1. v. t. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform. Source: opted

2. v. t. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. 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. Source: opted

4. v. t. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor. Source: opted

5. v. t. Too put to death illegally; to kill. Source: opted

6. v. t. To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. Source: opted

7. v. i. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. Source: opted

8. v. i. To perform musically. Source: opted

9. v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment Source: wordnet

10. v. murder in a planned fashion Source: wordnet

11. v. put in effect Source: wordnet

12. v. carry out the legalities of Source: wordnet

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