Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Accomplish \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.

Source : WordNet®

accomplish
     v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of
          the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: {carry
          through}, {execute}, {carry out}, {action}, {fulfill}, {fulfil}]
     2: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
        setbacks" [syn: {achieve}, {attain}, {reach}]