execute
[ek-si-kyoot]
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verb (used with object), ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing.
verb (used without object), ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing.
to perform or accomplish something, as an assigned task.
Sports. to perform properly the fundamental moves or mechanics of a sport, game, position, or particular play; show smoothness in necessary skills: We just didn't execute defensively.
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Historical Examples of executer
She was the instigator and the executer of the crime against Naboth.
The Expositor's BibleF. W. Farrar
It was, however, well understood at Athens that the planner and executer of the deed was Demosthenes.
Vacation days in GreeceRufus B. Richardson
execute
verb (tr)
Word Origin for execute
C14: from Old French executer, back formation from executeur executor
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