Accomplish

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ac=com=plish

CIDE DICTIONARY

Accomplish, v. t. [OE. acomplissen, OF. accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up, complete. See Complete, Finish.].

•  To complete, as time or distance.  [1913 Webster]

  "That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem."  [1913 Webster]

  "He had accomplished half a league or more."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.  [1913 Webster]

  "This that is written must yet be accomplished in me."  [1913 Webster]
•  To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.  [1913 Webster]

  "The armorers accomplishing the knights."  [1913 Webster]

  "It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it."  [1913 Webster]

  "These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman."  [1913 Webster]
•  To gain; to obtain.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "He . . . expressed his desire to see a union accomplished between England and Scotland."  [1913 Webster]

  "To work in close design by fraud or guile
  What force effected not."  [1913 Webster]

  "The Saints, like stars, around his seat
  Perform their courses still."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate; complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip; furnish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Accomplish, v.tr. perform; complete; succeed in doing.

Etymology

ME f. OF acomplir f. L complere COMPLETE

THESAURUS

Accomplish

achieve, act, approach, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, attain, attain to, be productive, be received, blow in, bob up, bring about, bring into being, bring off, bring through, bring to completion, bring to fruition, bring to pass, carry off, carry out, carry through, cause, check in, clock in, come, come in, come to, come to hand, commit, compass, complete, conclude, conduct, consummate, cope with, crown with success, cut, deal with, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, do the job, do the trick, do to, effect, effectuate, eke out, enact, end, engineer, execute, fetch, fetch up at, fill in, fill out, find, finish, fulfill, gain, get by, get in, get there, get to, go and do, hack, handle, hit, hit town, industrialize, inflict, knock off, make, make good, make it, make up, manage, mass-produce, mature, overproduce, pay, perform, perpetrate, piece out, polish off, pop up, produce, pull in, pull off, punch in, put across, put away, put over, put through, reach, realize, refill, render, replenish, ring in, roll in, round out, score, show up, sign in, succeed, swing, take and do, take care of, time in, top off, transact, turn the trick, turn up, up and do, volume-produce, win, wind up, work, work out, wreak

ROGET THESAURUS

Accomplish

Completion

VB effect, effectuate, accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out, bring to maturity, bring to perfection, perfect, complete, elaborate, do, execute, make, go through, get through, work out, enact, bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head, despatch, dispatch, knock off, finish off, polish off, make short work of, dispose of, set at rest, perform, discharge, fulfill, realize, put in practice, put in force, carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution, make good, be as good as one's word, do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog, drive home, be in at the death, carry through, play out, exhaust, fill the bill, finish, bring to a close, wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal, give the final touch, to, put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on, crown, crown all, cap, ripen, culminate, come to a head, come to a crisis, come to its end, die a natural death, die of old age, run its course, run one's race, touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal, reach, get in the harvest.

Success

VB succeed, be successful, gain one's end, gain one's ends, crown with success, gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object, get there, manage to, contrive to, accomplish, do wonders, work wonders, make a go of it, come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors, make short work of, take by storm, carry by storm, bear away the bell, win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle, win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm, have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop, walk over the course, carry all before one, remain in possession of the field, score a success, speed, make progress, win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way, strive to some purpose, prosper, drive a roaring trade, make profit, reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest, strike oil, gain a windfall, make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account, turn to account, triumph, be triumphant, gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage, chain victory to one's car, nail a coonskin to the wall, surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle, se tirer d'affaire, make head against, stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current, weather the storm, weather a point, turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over, master, get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of, distance, surpass, defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit, euchre, overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach, outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote, take the wind out of one's adversary's sails, beat, beat hollow, rout, lick, drub, floor, worst, put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court, silence, quell, nonsuit, checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump, baffle, circumvent, elude, trip up, trip up the heels of, drive into a corner, drive to the wall, run hard, put one's nose out of joint, settle, do for, break the neck of, break the back of, capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp, subdue, subjugate, reduce, make the enemy bite the dust, victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon, answer, answer the purpose, avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit, hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head, nick it, turn up trumps, make a hit, find one's account in.

Production

VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.