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A foolish person. ( Scotch.) fal-fill', fül-fil, *ful-fill-en, *ful-fille, *folfull-en, v. t. [A. S. fulfyllan = to fill.] *1. To fill to the full; to fill up; to fill completely. *2. To complete, to accomplish, to fill up. 3. To complete; to carry out to the end. 4. To accomplish, to execute, to carry out; as, a design, a desire, a promise, a prophecy, a requirement, an obligation, .; to effectuate; to complete by performance. "He invited them, after they had fulfilled their prince's orders, and settled their own private affairs, to come again, and see him." - Strype: Memorials; Henry VIII. (an. 1538). 5. To answer as a purpose or design. "All we find po e ing earth, sea, air, Fulfill the purpose, and appear designed." Cowper: Tirocinium, 93. (1) Crabb thus discriminates between to fulfill , to accomplish, and to realize : "To fulfill is literally to fill quite full, that is, to bring about full to the wishes of a person; to accomplish is to bring to perfection, but without reference to the wishes of any one; to realize is to make real , namely, whatever has been aimed at. The application of these terms is evident from their explications: the wishes, the expectations, the intentions, and promises, of an individual, are appropriately said to be fulfilled ; national projects, or undertakings, prophecies, and whatever is of general interest, are said to be accom . plished; the fortune, or prospects of an individual, or whatever results succe fully from specific efforts, is is said to be realized." (crabb: Eng. Synon.) (2) For the difference between to fulfill and to execute, see EXECUTE; for that between to fulfill and to keep , see KEEP. fül-fill-er, s. [Eng. fulfill ; -er.] One who or that which fulfills or accomplishes. IMG:content-0213.png:[blocks in formation] 1941 *fül-gid, a. [Lat. fulgid us , from fulgeo =to shine, to glitter.] Shining, glittering, dazzling, fulgent. *ful-ġid-i-ty, s. [Latin fulgid us .] Splendor, brightne , glitter. *ful-gor, *ful-gour, s. [Lat.) Splendor; dazzling brightne . *ful-gōr-a, s. [Lat. fulgor , mostly poetic for fulgur .] Entom.: Lantern fly. The typical genus of the family Fulgor ide, and the tribe Fulgor in a (q. v.). It has a large head, much prolonged in front. Ful gora lantern aria was said by Madame Merian to shine with a phosphorescent light. The fact has since been disputed. It is a native of Surinam. Another species, F. candela ria , is from China.