fulfill Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb put in effect
fulfil; execute; accomplish; carry out; carry through; action.
- carry out a task
- execute the decision of the people
- He actioned the operation
verb meet the requirements or expectations of
satisfy; fulfil; live up to.
verb fill or meet a want or need
satisfy; meet; fulfil; fill.

OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See Full, a., and Fill, v. t.

imperfect & past participle Fulfilled ; present participle & verbal noun Fulfilling

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).
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.