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accomplish definition

ac·com·plish (ə käm′plis̸h; also, -kum′-)

transitive verb

  1. to do; succeed in doing; complete (a task, time, or distance)
  2. to make complete; perfect

Etymology: ME accomplisshen < OFr acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir < VL *adcomplere < L ad-, intens. + complere: see complete

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