execute

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/

The English word “execute” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
To carry out; to put into effect.
To perform.
To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
To start, launch, or run.
To run, usually successfully.

Etymology

From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor (“to follow (up/through)”, particularly in the sense “to go through with a deed or punishment”), from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).

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