Execute, v. a.
- 1. Accomplish, effect, effectuate, perform, do, consummate, finish, complete, achieve, carry out, carry
through, carry into effect, work out.
- 2. Put to death (in pursuance of a judicial sentence).
- 3. (Law.) Sign, seal, and deliver (as a deed).
Execution, n.
- 1. Performance, operation, accomplishment, achievement, completion, consummation.
- 2. Effect, something done.
- 3. Mode of performance.
- 4. Writ or warrant (for carrying out a judgment or sentence).
- 5. Capital punishment, punishment of death.
- 6. Destruction, damage, destructive effect.
Executive, a. Executory, charged with execution or carrying into effect.
Executive, n.
- 1. Chief magistrate, administrative head, head of government, head of affairs, head of the nation.
- 2. Administration, administrative body, body charged with administration or the execution of the laws.
Executory, a.
- 1. Executive.
- 2. (Law.) To be executed.
Exegesis, n.
- 1. Exegetics, hermeneutics, science of interpretation.
- 2. Interpretation, exposition, explanation.