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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ac·com·plish

 
 \\ə-ˈkäm-plish, -ˈkəm-\\ transitive verb
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English accomplisshen, from Anglo-French accompliss-, stem of accomplir, from Vulgar Latin *accomplēre,from Latin ad- + complēre to fill up — more at 
complete
 DATE  14th century
1. to bring about (a result) by effort
    have much to accomplish today
2. to bring to completion : 
fulfill
    we can accomplish the job in an hour
3. to succeed in reaching (a stage in a progression)
    would starve before accomplishing half the distance — W. H. Hudson †1922
4. archaic
  a. to equip thoroughly
  b. 
perfect
Synonyms: see 
perform
• ac·com·plish·able 
 \\-pli-shə-bəl\\ adjective
• ac·com·plish·er noun
English Etymology
accomplish
  late 14c., from 
O.Fr
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. acompliss-prp. stem of acomplir "to fulfill, fill up, complete" (12c.), from V.L. *accomplere, from L. ad- "to" + complere "fill up" (see complete).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
accomplish
ac·com·plish E5kQmpliFNAmE E5kB:m- / verb[VN]
   to succeed in doing or completing sth
   完成
   SYN  
achieve
 :
   The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished. 
   计划的第一部份已顺利完成。 
   I don't feel I've accomplished very much today. 
   我觉得我今天没干成多少事。 
   That's it. Mission accomplished (= we have done what we aimed to do).
   就这样。大功告成。 
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of English


accomplish 
verb 
ADV. safely, successfully A rather difficult task had been successfully accomplished. | easily

OLT
accomplish verb
 achieve
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
ac·com·plish
\əˈkämplish, -ēsh also aˈ- or -əm-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English accomplissen, accomplisshen, from Middle French acompliss-, stem of acomplir, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin accomplēre, from Latin ad- + complēre to fill up, complete — more at 
complete
1. : to execute fully : 
perform
achieve
fulfill
 < I have accomplished all that God has given me the strength to do — Henry Baerlein >
2. 
 a. : to attain to
  < I have accomplished 92 years of my life — P.B.Kyne >
 b. : 
traverse
  < he would starve before accomplishing half the distance — W.H.Hudson †1922 >
3. archaic 
 a. : to equip thoroughly
 b. : 
perfect
  < qualities accomplishing a proper gentlewoman >
Synonyms: see 
perform

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