accomplish

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accomplish

/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ UK
/əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/ UK
/əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ US, dialectal
/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ US, dialectal
/əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/ Canada, dialectal
/əˈkɐm.plɪʃ/ Australia
/əˈkɐm.pləʃ/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete).

First attested in the late 14th century.

verb accomplishes · accomplishing · accomplished

transitive To finish successfully.
transitive To complete, as time or distance. That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
transitive To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully. to accomplish a design, an object, a promise
archaic, transitive To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish. The armorers accomplishing the knights
obsolete, transitive To gain; to obtain. And more unlikely / Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns!
Philippines, transitive To fill out a form.

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