| Accomplish | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accomplished p. pr. & vb. n. Accomplishing. ] [ OE. acomplissen, OF. accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up, complete. See Complete, Finish. ] 1. To complete, as time or distance. [ 1913 Webster ] That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] He had accomplished half a league or more. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise. [ 1913 Webster ] This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. Luke xxii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish. [ 1913 Webster ] The armorers accomplishing the knights. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] It [ the moon ] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ] These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To gain; to obtain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate; complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip; furnish. -- To Accomplish, Effect, Execute, Achieve, Perform. These words agree in the general idea of carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to fill up to the measure of the intention) generally implies perseverance and skill; as, to accomplish a plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an undertaking. “Thou shalt accomplish my desire.” 1 Kings v. 9. [ 1913 Webster ] He . . . expressed his desire to see a union accomplished between England and Scotland. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It usually implies some degree of difficulty contended with; as, he effected or accomplished what he intended, his purpose, but little. “What he decreed, he effected.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] To work in close design by fraud or guile
What force effected not. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] To execute (to follow out to the end, to carry out, or into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as, to execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute a work, a purpose, design, plan, project. To perform is much like to do, though less generally applied. It conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort; as, to perform a mission, a part, a task, a work. “Thou canst best perform that office.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The Saints, like stars, around his seat
Perform their courses still. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ] To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accomplished | a. 1. Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain. [ 1913 Webster ] They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accomplishment | n. [ F. accomplissement, fr. accomplir. ] 1. The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. “My new accomplishment of dancing.” Churchill. “Accomplishments befitting a station.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] Accomplishments have taken virtue's place,
And wisdom falls before exterior grace. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
