Fulfil Definition

fulfilled, fulfilling
verb

(archaic) To fill up.

My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.
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To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).

You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfil it.
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To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.

This job fulfils me in a way my last one never did.
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To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

Unfortunately, you don't fulfil the criteria for extra grants at the present time.
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Origin of Fulfil

  • Late Old English fullfyllan, corresponding to full + fill.

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Fulfil Sentence Examples

  • When at last it was possible to them to fulfil his wish, it was in fact too late.

  • By refusing supplies they would put it out of the kings power to fulfil his engagements to that army, anti it would immediately pursue its onward march to claim its rights.

  • In both sacraments the death-bed baptism of an earlier age seems to survive, and they both fulfil a deep-seated need of the human spirit.

  • This was matter of contract, and the hirer, who usually paid in advance, might demand a guarantee to fulfil the engagement.

  • Such had been for a considerable time the condition of Russia, and the small proprietors were now becoming so impoverished that they could no longer fulfil their duties to the state.

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Words Starting With

FFUFUL

Words Ending With

LILFIL

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fulfil

Words Starting With F and Ending With L

Starts With F & Ends With LStarts With FU & Ends With LStarts With F & Ends With IL

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With L