Fŭl-fĭl', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. FULFILLED; p. pr. & vb. n. FULFILLING.] [A tautological compound of full and fill; A.-S. ful-fyllan.] [Written also fulfil.]
Sense 1. To fill up; to make full or complete. “Fulfill her week.” Gen. xxix. 27. “Corresponding and fulfilling bolts.” Shak.
Sense 2. To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, and the like; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass; to effectuate.
He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him. Ps. cxlv. 19.
If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. James ii. 8.
Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends. Milton.