Implement Definition

ĭmplə-mənt

implemented, implementing, implements

noun

implements

Any article or device used or needed in a given activity; tool, instrument, utensil, etc.

Webster's New World

An article used to outfit or equip someone.

Ecclesiastical implements.

American Heritage

Any thing or person used as a means to some end.

Webster's New World

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verb

implemented, implementing, implements

To carry into effect; fulfill; accomplish.

Webster's New World

To provide the means for the carrying out of; give practical effect to.

Webster's New World

To provide with implements.

Webster's New World

To bring about; to put into practice.

It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Implement

Singular:

implement

Plural:

Middle English supplementary payment from Old French emplement act of filling from Late Latin implēmentum from Latin implēre to fill up in- intensive pref. in–² plēre to fill pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“I fill up”).

From Wiktionary
From Scottish English or Scots implement (“fulfill”)

From Wiktionary