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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil]
2: meet the requirements or expectations of [syn: satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to] [ant: fall short of]
3: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil]

Merriam Webster's

or fulfil transitive verb (fulfilled; fulfilling) Etymology: Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full + fyllan to fill Date: before 12th century 1. archaic to make full ; fill <her subtle, warm, and golden breath…fulfills him with beatitude — Alfred Tennyson> 2. a. to put into effect ; execute b. to meet the requirements of (a business order) c. to bring to an end d. to measure up to ; satisfy 3. a. to convert into reality b. to develop the full potentialities of Synonyms: see perform • fulfiller noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

abide by, accomplish, achieve, act up to, adhere to, administer, answer, attain, attend to, avail, be equal to, be faithful to, bear, bring off, bring to completion, bring to fruition, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, come through, compass, complete, comply with, conform to, consummate, deal with, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, do it, do justice to, do the job, do the trick, effect, effectuate, eke out, enact, enforce, execute, fetch, fill, fill in, fill out, fill the bill, follow, get by, get through, go around, go through, hack it, heed, hold, hold by, honor, implement, just do, keep, keep faith with, knock off, live up to, make, make good, make out, make the grade, make up, manage, mature, meet, meet requirements, observe, pass, pass muster, perform, piece out, polish off, produce, promulgate, prosecute, put away, put in force, put in practice, put into effect, put into practice, put through, qualify, reach, realize, refill, regard, render, replenish, respect, round out, satisfy, serve, serve the purpose, stand, stand up, stretch, succeed, suffice, take care of, take it, top off, transact, translate into action, turn the trick, work, work out