accomplished
Etymology
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Etymology
- First attested in the late 15th century, from accomplish + -ed.
accomplished
- Completed; effected; established.
- an accomplished fact
- Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
- an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗, line 660:
- Daughter of God and Man, accompliſht Eve,
- Showing skill and artistry.
- an accomplished first novel
- 1813 January 26, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC ↗, pages 7–8 ↗:
- "Oh! yes—the handsomest young lady that ever was seen; and so accomplished!—She plays and sings all day long. In the next room is a new instrument just come down for her—a present from my master; she comes here to-morrow with him."
- French: accompli
- German: erreicht, realisiert, bewerkstelligt, vollendet
- Italian: compiuto
- Portuguese: realizado
- Russian: завершённый
- Spanish: logrado, realizado, cumplido, consumado
- French: accompli
- German: vollendet, fähig, versiert
- Portuguese: bem-sucedido, realizado
- Russian: зако́нченный
- Simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
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