Verb

(execut)

To kill as punishment for capital crimes.

There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.

To carry out; to put into effect.

Your orders have been executed , sir!

I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.

* Milton

Why delays / His hand to execute what his decree / Fixed on this day?

To perform.

to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly

to execute a turn in ballet

To cause to become legally valid; as, to execute a contract.

(computing) To start, launch or run; as, to execute a program.

Verb

(acquir)

To get.

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

* (Isaac Barrow) (1630-1677)

No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step.

* (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)

Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.

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