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   Im·ple·ment

   noun

   • 1. a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment, especially as used for a particular purpose: "agricultural implements"

   verb

   • 1. put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect: "the regulations implement a 1954 treaty"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘article of furniture, equipment, or dress’): partly from medieval Latin implementa (plural), partly from late Latin implementum ‘filling up, fulfillment’, both from Latin implere ‘fill up’ (later ‘employ’), from in- ‘in’ + Latin plere ‘fill’. The verb dates from the early 18th century.

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