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fulfilment|fʊlˈfɪlmənt| [f. fulfil v. + -ment.] The action or an act or process of fulfilling; accomplishment, performance, completion. (Not in Johnson 1755.)
1775in Ash. 1777Blair Serm. I. v. 141 With what entire confidence ought we to wait for the fulfilment of all his other promises, in their due time. 1786–1805H. Tooke Purley (1860) 586 Gage. By which a man is bound to certain fulfilments. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. i. iii. (1851) 42 There are consequences and fulfilments of the laws of nature. 1849James Woodman ii, She exacted a fulfilment of all prescribed duties from her nuns. 1891Law Rep. Weekly Notes 76/2 The fulfilment of the condition literally became impossible. |