Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fulfilled"

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) 1.7 (wn)

fulfilled
adj : completed to perfection


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