Literary notes about execute (AI summary)
The word "execute" in literature serves as a versatile term that bridges intent and action. It is employed to denote the fulfillment of commands, whether those commands involve enacting vengeance, administering justice, or carrying out bureaucratic and military orders. In some works the term carries a somber tone, as it appears in declarations of retribution and divine judgment [1, 2, 3], while in others it underscores the practical completion of tasks or duties, from strategic military maneuvers to the enforcement of laws [4, 5, 6]. The range of its usage—from delivering orders in narrative adventures to executing plans with meticulous precision in historical and legal contexts—illustrates its capacity to convey both the weight and immediacy of decisive action [7, 8, 9].
- And I will execute vengeance in wrath, and in indignation, among all the nations that have not given ear.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - That he should order the world according to equity and justice, and execute justice with an upright heart: 9:4.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And I will execute great vengeance upon them, rebuking them in fury: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - The footman jumped down to execute the order.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - So "the judges were sworn to execute justice according to law and the custom of England."
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - What are the MEANS to execute a LEGISLATIVE power but LAWS?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison - " Mr. Richards, who had known Robert Audley in jackets and turn-down collars, departed to execute his commission.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon - After the fall of Plautianus, an eminent lawyer, the celebrated Papinian, was appointed to execute the motley office of Prætorian Præfect.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The ambassadors of Julian had been instructed to execute, with the utmost diligence, their important commission.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
