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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)