Definition of implement

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im·ple·ment    (mpl-mnt) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
2. An article used to outfit or equip.
3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments (-mnt)

1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
2. To supply with implements.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, supplementary payment, from Old French emplement, act of filling, from Late Latin implmentum, from Latin implre, to fill up : in-, intensive pref. ; see in-² + plre, to fill; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
imple·men·tation  (-mn-tshn, -mn-) KEY (Noun), imple·menter or imple·mentor(Noun)