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| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] execucion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] exsecution-, exsecutio, from exsequi to execute, from ex- + sequi to follow |
| − | *Date: [ | + | *Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of executing : [[performance]] | *1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of executing : [[performance]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:08, 13 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English execucion, from Anglo-French, from Latin exsecution-, exsecutio, from exsequi to execute, from ex- + sequi to follow
- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 : the act or process of executing : performance
- 2 : a putting to death especially as a legal penalty
- 3 : the process of enforcing a legal judgment (as against a debtor); also : a judicial writ directing such enforcement
- 4 : the act or mode or result of performance
- 5 archaic : effective or destructive action <his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution — Shakespeare> —usually used with do <as soon as day came, we went out to see what execution we had done — Daniel Defoe>
