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ful⋅fill
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–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise. |
| 2. | to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands. |
| 3. | to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.): a book that fulfills a long-felt need. |
| 4. | to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time: He felt that life was over when one had fulfilled his threescore years and ten. |
| 5. | to develop the full potential of (usually used reflexively): She realized that she could never fulfill herself in such work. |
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ful·fill also ful·fil (fŏŏl-fĭl') tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
[Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan : full, full; see full1 + fyllan, to fill; see fill.] ful·fill'er n., ful·fill'ment, ful·fil'ment n. |
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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.
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fulfill
O.E. fullfyllan "fill up, make full," from full + fyllan (see fill, which is ultimately from the root of full). Used early of prophecy and perhaps a translation of L. implere, adimplere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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