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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Implement \Im"ple*ment\ ([i^]m"pl[-e]*ment), noun [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confused with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E. employ. See {Plenty}.] That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. --Coleridge.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Implement \Im"ple*ment\, verb (used with an object)
1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.]
Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. --Nichol.
3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
implement
noun: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
verb
1: apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure"
2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: {enforce}, {apply}] [ant: {exempt}]
3: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: {follow through}, {follow up}, {follow out}, {carry out}, {put through}, {go through}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "implement": Charlie McCarthy, Federal, abide by, accomplish, achieve, actualize, adhere to, administer, agent, amanuensis, ancilla, apparatus, appliance, baggage agent, bring about, bring off, bring to effect, bring to pass, business agent, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, cause, claim agent, clerk, come through, come through with, commercial agent, commission agent, complete, consignee, contraption, contrivance, creature, customer agent, device, discharge, dummy, dupe, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, factor, fed, federal agent, fill out, freight agent, fulfill, functionary, gadget, general agent, get through, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, go through, go-between, hand tool, handmaid, handmaiden, honor, instrument, insurance agent, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, invoke, land agent, law agent, lever, literary agent, loan agent, make, make out, materialize, means, mechanical device, mechanism, mediator, medium, midwife, minion, news agent, observe, official, organ, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, pawn, perform, plaything, power tool, precision tool, press agent, promulgate, prosecute, pull off, puppet, purchasing agent, put across, put in force, put in practice, put into effect, put into practice, put over, put through, real estate agent, realize, render, sales agent, secretary, servant, slave, special agent, speed tool, station agent, steward, stooge, theatrical agent, ticket agent, tool, toy, transact, translate into action, travel agent, utensil, vehicle, walking delegate, work out
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