transitive verb executed -·cut′·ed, executing -·cut′·ing

1. to follow out or carry out; do; perform; fulfill to execute another's orders
2. to carry into effect; administer (laws, etc.)
3. to put to death as in accordance with a legally imposed sentence
4. to create or produce in accordance with an idea, plan, blueprint, etc. to execute a statue in marble
5. to perform (a piece of music, a part in a play, etc.)
6. Comput. to perform the operations indicated in (an instruction or program)
7. Law to complete or make valid (a deed, contract, etc.) as by signing, sealing, and delivering

Etymology: ME executen < OFr executer, back-form. < executeur: see executor

intransitive verb