n. A joint executor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint executrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. exécrable. See Execrate. ] Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. “Execrable pride.” Hooker.

-- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Execrated p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating ] [ L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred. ] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. “They . . . execrate their lct.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration. ] 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn. -- See Malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle. -- Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. -- n. A formulary of execrations. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Exsect. ] To cut off or out. [ Obs. ] See Exsect. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Exsection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great executants on the organ. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Executed p. pr. & vb. n. Executing ] [ F. exécuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy. ] 1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why delays
His hand to execute what his decree
Fixed on this day? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stipulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put to death illegally; to kill. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music or other feat of skill, whether on an instrument or with the voice, or in any other manner requiring physical activity; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly; to execute a coup; to execute a double play.

Syn. -- To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To do one's work; to act one's part or purpose. [ R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform musically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. putting a condemned person to death.
Syn. -- execution, capital punishment, death penalty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. exécution, L. executio, exsecutio. ] 1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer; to grant a stay of execution. [ 1913 Webster ]

A warrant for his execution. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The mode of performing any activity; as, the game plan was excellent, but its execution was filled with mistakes. [ PJC ]

5. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do. [ 1913 Webster ]

To do some fatal execution. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The act of sacking a town. [ Obs. ] Beau. & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.F. exécutif. ] 1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of or pertaining to an executive{ 2 } or to the group of executives within an organization; as, executive compensation increased more rapidly than wages in the 1980's; the executive suite. [ PJC ]

n. 1. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person who has administrative authority over an organization or division of an organization; a manager, supervisor or administrator at a high level within an organization; as, all executives of the company were given stock options [ PJC ]

adv. In the way of executing or performing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer. ] 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An executioner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Delivering o'er to executors paw&unr_;
The lazy, yawning drone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Executor de son tort [ Of., executor of his own wrong ] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. executorialis. ] Of or pertaining to an executive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an executor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire. ] 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The official and executory duties of government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf.F. exécutrice. ] An executrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] (Law) A woman exercising the functions of an executor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That can not be execrated enough. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + executable: cf. F. inexécutable. ] Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + execution: cf. F. inexécution. ] Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. Spence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mal- + execution. ] Bad execution. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance. [ 1913 Webster ]