EXECUTE

Definitions

1. 1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform; Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day Milton.
2. 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.
3. 3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.
4. 4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
5. 5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
6. 6. To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.