verb/aʃ.ve/
to finish, to complete; to finish off (someone who is already incapacitated); to finish
“Ayant donc achevé ses préparatifs, il ne voulut pas attendre davantage pour mettre à exécution son projet.” — Having thus completed his preparations, he did not want to wait any longer to put his project into execution.
Inherited from Middle French achever, from Old French achever, from Vulgar Latin *accapāre. Compare English achieve.