executing Definition

execute
verb executed, executing

1. To put someone to death by order of the law.

Thesaurus: kill, put to death, dispatch.
2. To perform or carry out something.

Thesaurus: perform, act, do, effect, accomplish, achieve, fulfil, realize, finish, complete.
3. To produce something, especially according to a design.
4. law.
To make something valid by signing.
5. law.
To carry out instructions contained in (a will or contract).

Derivative: executable
adj

Derivative: executer
noun

Someone who carries out (a plan, etc) or puts (a law, etc) into effect. Compare executor.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin exsequi, exsecutus to follow up or carry out.