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.
Hear it pronounced