fulfil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fulfil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fulfil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulfil v put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" Synonym(s): carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil fill or meet a want or need Synonym(s): meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil meet the requirements or expectations of Synonym(s): satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to Antonym(s): fall short of
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.] [bd]Fulfill her week[b8] --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.