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Include and Execute

verb

  • Have as a part, be made up out of.
    • usage: "The list includes the names of many famous writers"
  • Consider as part of something.
    • usage: "I include you in the list of culprits"
  • Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.
    • usage: "We must include this chemical element in the group"
  • Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.
    • usage: "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"

verb

  • Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.
    • usage: "In some states, criminals are executed"
  • Murder in a planned fashion.
    • usage: "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
  • Put in effect.
    • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • Carry out the legalities of.
    • usage: "execute a will or a deed"
  • Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
    • usage: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
  • Carry out or perform an action.
    • usage: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
  • Sign in the presence of witnesses.
    • usage: "The President executed the treaty"

execute is the act of making a document legally valid, such as formalizing a contract by signing or acknowledging and delivering a deed. In some cases, execution of a document may refer solely to the act of signing, in other cases it may refer to complete performance of the document's terms.