accomplish English · revision 10286

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=fro acomplir|origins=la complere|origins=ine-pro *pelh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/, /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/ ''(UK)''; /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English accomplisshen, [[bor|fro|acomplir|t=to fulfil, fill up, complete]], from its lengthened stem acompliss-,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Vulgar Latin *accomplēre,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin ad-, to, and complēre, to fill up, fulfil (see [[complete]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from com-, intensive, and plēre, to fill,^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*pelh₁-|alt=*pele-|t=to fill]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To fulfil, perform or carry out an undertaking: about 1380, in Chaucer's translation of Boethius, in Barnhart; about 1386 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To bring a work to an end, complete it, is from 1447,^(OED 1989) and to perfect someone in mental attainments and graces from 1475,^(OED 1989) the source of ''accomplished''.^(OED 1989) To equip perfectly is from 1588,^(OED 1989) and to complete a period of time from 1574.^(OED 1989) ''Accomplishment'' is from about 1425.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – to fulfil.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1425 – accomplishment.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1447 – to complete a work.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1475 – to perfect in graces.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1574 – to complete a period of time.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To succeed in doing; to [[achieve]] or bring about.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To reach the end of; to [[complete]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accomplishable]]

+ * [[accomplisher]]

+ * [[accomplishment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[complete]]

+ * [[comply]]

+ * [[accomplished]]

+ * [[full]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}