achever
French → English
(action) To finish: to bring a task or a work to a final state of completion
Le peintre espère achever sa fresque murale avant la fin de la semaine.
(English) The painter hopes to finish his mural before the end of the week.
Elle a enfin réussi à achever la lecture de ce roman de huit cents pages.
(English) She finally managed to finish reading that eight-hundred-page novel.
(action) To finish off: to kill a person or animal that is already wounded or suffering
Le chasseur a dû achever le cerf blessé pour abréger ses souffrances.
(English) The hunter had to finish off the wounded deer to end its suffering.
Le coup de grâce servait autrefois à achever les blessés sur le champ de bataille.
(English) The coup de grâce was formerly used to finish off the wounded on the battlefield.
Entry ID: fr:en:achever · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary