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[Irreg. That we, which are a little earth, should rather move towards God than that he, which is fulfil ne and can come no whither, should move towards us. Donne, Letters, iv. fulgency (ful'jen-si), n. [ L. fulgen (t-)8, ppr. of fulgere, flash, lighten, gleam, glitter (ef. fulgor, lightning: see fulgor, foulder ); allied to flag rare, burn, flamm a (for * flagma ), flame, Gr. φλέγειν, burn, shine, Skt. ✓ bhrāj, shine, AS. blāc, shining, pale, E. bleak, etc.: see flame, flagrant, bleak, phlox, phlegm, etc.] 1. Shining; very bright; dazzling. [Poetical.] At last, as from a cloud, his fulgent head And shape star-bright appear'd, or brighter. Milton , P. L., x. 449. But other Thracians, who their former name Retain'd in Asia, fulgent morions wore. Glover, Leonidas, iv. 2. In her ., having rays, as a star or sun. fulgently (ful'jent-li), adv . In a fulgent man Is not thy brain's rich hive Fulfill'd with honey, which thou dost derive From the arts' spirits and their quinte ence? Donne, To B. В. Oh, hark, I hear it now, that tender strain, Fulfilled with all of sorrow save its pain. R. W. Gilder, Music and Words. 2. To make full or complete; fill the measure of; bring out or manifest fully. [Rare.] If you be, what I think you, some sweet dream, I would but ask you to fulfil yourself. Tennyson , Prince , vii. 3. To fill the requirements or purport of; carry out or into effect; bring to consummation; satisfy by performance: as, to fulfil a prayer or petition; to fulfil one's promises or the terms of a contract; the prophecy was fulfilled. But that the Scripture be fulfilled , he that etith my bred schal reise his heele agens me. Wyclif , John xiii. 18 (Oxf.). Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past,... fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind. Eph. ii. 3. Soon see your wish fulfill'd in either child. Cowper , Tirocinium, 1. 344. 4. To carry on or out fully or completely; perform; execute: as, to fulfil the requirements of citizenship. Let's not forget The noble Duke of Bedford, late deceas'd, But see his exequies fulfill'd in Rouen. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 2. Let us carry on our preparation for heaven, not by abstracting ourselves from the concerns of this world, but H. Blair , Works, I. iv. The same spine was to afford a fulcrum , stay, or insertion of the muscles which are spread over the trunk of the body. Paley, Nat. Theol., viii. 2. In mech ., the point of rest about which a lever turns in lifting a body; also, a prop or support for a lever at this point. See lever. L F F , Fulcrum; L , lever. The power multiplied by its distance from the ful crum is equal to the product of the load and its distance from the fulcrum . R. S. Ball , Exper. Mechanics, p. 124. 3. In bot., an acce ory organ, such as a bract, stipule, spine, etc., or one of the aerial roots of IMG:content-1925.png:[blocks in formation] fulgid + -ity.] The state or quality of being fulgid; splendor.