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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: acomplir, from Vulgar Latin accomplere, from Latin ad- 'to' + complere ( COMPLETE1)

accomplish

 verb
     
ac‧com‧plish [transitive]
to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard [= achieve]:
We have accomplished all we set out to do.
Mission accomplished (=we have done what we intended to do).
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