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Fulfill

Ful-fill′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fulfilled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fulfilling
.]
[OE.
fulfillen
,
fulfullen
, AS.
fulfyllan
;
ful
full +
fyllan
to fill. See
Full
,
Adj.
, and
Fill
,
Verb.
T.
]
[Written also
fulfil.
]
1.
To fill up; to make full or complete.
[Obs.]
“Fulfill her week”
Gen. xxix. 27.
Suffer thou that the children be
fulfilled
first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds.
Wyclif (Mark vii. 27).
2.
To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.
He will,
fulfill
the desire of them fear him.
Ps. cxlv. 199.
Here Nature seems
fulfilled
in all her ends.
Milton.
Servants must their masters’ minds
fulfill
.
Shakespeare

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