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

(determin)

To set the limits of.

* Bible, Acts xvii. 26

[God] hath determined the times before appointed.

* Francis Bacon

The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.

To ascertain definitely; to figure out.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

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To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

* J. Edwards

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.

* W. Black

something divinely beautiful that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to .

Someone else's will determined me to this course.

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

The court has determined the cause.

To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.

(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

(obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

* Shakespeare

Now, where is he that will not stay so long / Till his friend sickness hath determined me?