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Fulfill v. t. (past & past part. fulfilled; pres. part. fulfilling) (Written also fulfil)

To fill up; to make full or complete. (Obs.) "Fulfill her week" "Suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds."

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." "Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends." "Servants must their masters' minds fulfill."

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... the company was able to fulfil its engagements, although all who purchased stock when it had arisen beyond one hundred per cent. of its original value, lost money. It is strange that the stock, after all, remained at a premium of one hundred per cent.; of course, the original proprietors gained one hundred per cent., ...

— A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon - For the Use of Schools and Colleges • John Lord

... recognition of the plain fact that Jack of all trades is master of none, and that no branch of the public service can possibly be well directed unless its director is thoroughly conversant with the business with which he is entrusted. So soon as the Nation grasps the idea that democracy can fulfil its mission only when the electors are resolved to choose leaders by their qualification for the work they have to do, the British Nation will resume the lead among the nations ...

— Lessons of the War • Spenser Wilkinson

... untenable myths and so-called "revelations." How little these last contribute to the perfection of the first, can be seen from the acknowledged historical fact that it is just orthodoxy and the hierarchical system based on it (especially that of the Papacy) that has least of all striven to fulfil the precepts of Christian morality; the more loudly they preach it in theory, the less do they themselves fulfil its commands ...

— Monism as Connecting Religion and Science • Ernst Haeckel

... case, far happier would he be, even in the dark and silent depths of his solitude, than the renowned victor of a hundred battle-fields, in all the blaze and noise of popular applause. Hoping that this little book may, for your sakes, fulfil the object for which it was written, and prove but the beginning of a long and pleasant acquaintance, he will conclude by begging to subscribe himself your ...

— The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief • Morrison Heady

... the village would help him to take her body to the burning-ghat. In dire despair he humbled himself so far as to implore Ramda's assistance. The magnanimous Brahman forgot his wrongs and cheerfully consented to bear a hand. Others followed his example, and thus Nagendra was able to fulfil the rites prescribed by religion. The lesson was not altogether lost on him. The scales fell from his eyes; he dismissed the rascally servant, who had led him from the path of duty, and ...

— Tales of Bengal • S. B. Banerjea

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