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IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

IMPLEMENT (See also:
LAT
Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill) , in See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary usage, a See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool, especially in the plural for the set of tools necessary for a particular See also:

trade or for completing a particular piece of See also:

WORK

work (see Tools). It is also the most See also:

general See also:

TERM

term applied to the weapons and tools that remain of those used by See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

man. The See also:

LATE

Late Lat. implementum, more usually in the plural, implementa, was used for all the See also:

OBJECTS

objects necessary to stock or " fill up " a See also:

house, See also:

FARM

farm, &c.; it was thus applied to See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture of a house, the See also:

VESTMENTS

vestments and sacred vessels of a See also:

church, and to articles of clothing, &c. The transition to the necessary outfit of a trade, &c., is easy. In its See also:

ORIGINAL

original Latin sense of " filling up," the term survives in Scots See also:

law, meaning full performance or " fulfilment " of a See also:

contract, agreement, &c.; " to implement " is thus also used in Scots law for to carry out, perform.

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