ful|fill´er

ful|fill´er
ful|fill or ful|fil «ful FIHL», transitive verb, -filled, -fill|ing.
1. a) to carry out (a promise or prophecy); cause to happen or take place. SYNONYM(S): accomplish. b) (reflexively) to realize or develop fully: »

My desire…By its own energy fulfill's itself (Tennyson). We shall never be able to fulfill ourselves truly unless we are working for the welfare of our fellows: then only shall our burdens not break us (Edmund Wilson).

 SYNONYM(S): accomplish.
2. to perform or do (a duty or command): »

She fulfilled all the teacher's requests.

SYNONYM(S): execute, discharge.
3. to satisfy (a requirement or condition): »

This diet will fulfill your needs in food. The new cleanser completely fulfilled its purpose.

4. to bring to an end; finish or complete (a period of time or work): »

to fulfill a contract.

5. Archaic. to fill full or make full: »

I hear it now, that tender strain Fulfilled with all of sorrow save its pain (R. W. Gilder).

╂[Old English fullfyllan < full full1 + fyllan to fill]
–ful|fill´er, noun.

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