accomplish. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

accomplish

SYLLABICATION:	ac·com·plish
PRONUNCIATION:	-kmplsh
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: ac·com·plished, ac·com·plish·ing, ac·com·plish·es 1. To succeed in doing; bring to pass. See synonyms at perform. 2. To reach the end of; complete.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English accomplisshen, from Old French acomplir, acompliss-, to complete : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + complir, to complete (from Latin complre, to fill out; see complete).
OTHER FORMS:	ac·complish·a·ble —ADJECTIVE ac·complish·er —NOUN


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