im·ple·ment (ĭm'plə-mənt)
n.

1. A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See synonyms at tool.
2. An article used to outfit or equip.
3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.

tr.v., -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments. (-mĕnt')

1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
2. To supply with implements.

[Middle English, supplementary payment, from Old French emplement, act of filling, from Late Latin implēmentum, from Latin implēre, to fill up : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + plēre, to fill.]

implementation im'ple·men·ta'tion (-mən-tā'shən, -mĕn-) n.
implementer im'ple·ment'er or im'ple·men'tor n.

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