3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulfill \Ful*fill"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fulfilled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fulfilling}.] [OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS.
fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See {Full}, a., and
{Fill}, v. 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. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fulfilling
See {fulfil}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fulfil
v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of
the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: {carry
through}, {accomplish}, {execute}, {carry out}, {action},
{fulfill}]
2: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {meet}, {satisfy}, {fill},
{fulfill}]
3: fulfil the requirements or expectations of [syn: {satisfy},
{fulfill}, {live up to}] [ant: {fall short of}]
[also: {fulfilling}, {fulfilled}]