\Ac*com"plish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accomplished},
p. pr. & vb. n. {Accomplishing}.] [OE. acomplissen, OF.
accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up,
complete. See {Complete}, {Finish}.]
1. To complete, as time or distance.
         That He would accomplish seventy years in the
         desolations of Jerusalem.             --Dan. ix. 2.
         He had accomplished half a league or more.
                                               --Prescott.
2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to
   perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a
   design, an object, a promise.
         This that is written must yet be accomplished in me.
                                               --Luke xxii.
                                               37.
3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in
   acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
         The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.
         It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those
         ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins.
         These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect
         woman.                                --Cowden
                                               Clarke.
4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate;
     complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip;
     furnish.
Usage: To {Accomplish}, {Effect}, {Execute}, {Achieve},
       {Perform}. These words agree in the general idea of
       carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to
       fill up to the measure of the intention) generally
       implies perseverance and skill; as, to accomplish a
       plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an
       undertaking. ``Thou shalt accomplish my desire.'' --1
       Kings v. 9.
             He . . . expressed his desire to see a union
             accomplished between England and Scotland.
                                               --Macaulay.
       To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It
       usually implies some degree of difficulty contended
       with; as, he effected or accomplished what he
       intended, his purpose, but little. ``What he decreed,
       he effected.'' --Milton.
             To work in close design by fraud or guile What
             force effected not.               --Milton.
       To execute (to follow out to the end, to carry out, or
       into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as, to
       execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute
       a work, a purpose, design, plan, project. To perform
       is much like to do, though less generally applied. It
       conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort;
       as, to perform a mission, a part, a task, a work.
       ``Thou canst best perform that office.'' --Milton.
             The Saints, like stars, around his seat Perform
             their courses still.              --Keble.
       To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's
       purpose) usually implies some enterprise or
       undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence.