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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /fulˈfɛlən/, /fulˈfilən/, /fulˈfulən/
Etymology: From Old English fullfyllan; equivalent to ful- + fillen. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fullfyllan}} Old English fullfyllan, {{af|enm|ful-|fillen}} ful- + fillen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} fulfillen, {{enm-verb|fulfilleth|fulfillynge|fulfilde|fulfild}} fulfillen (third-person singular simple present fulfilleth, present participle fulfillynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fulfilde, past participle fulfild) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fill|c=ed|c2=de|pf=ful}} Forms: fulfilleth [present, singular, third-person], fulfillynge [participle, present], fulfilde [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], fulfild [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], fulfillen [infinitive], to fulfillen [infinitive], fulfille [infinitive], fulfille [first-person, present, singular], fulfilled [first-person, past, singular], fulfilde [first-person, past, singular], fulfillest [present, second-person, singular], fulfilledest [past, second-person, singular], fulfildest [past, second-person, singular], fulfilleth [present, singular, third-person], fulfilled [past, singular, third-person], fulfilde [past, singular, third-person], fulfille [present, singular, subjunctive], fulfilled [past, singular, subjunctive], fulfilde [past, singular, subjunctive], fulfille [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fulfillen [plural, present], fulfille [plural, present], fulfilleden [past, plural], fulfillede [past, plural], fulfilden [past, plural], fulfilde [past, plural], fulfilleth [imperative, plural, present], fulfille [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fulfillynge [participle, present], fulfillende [participle, present], fulfilled [participle, past], fulfild [participle, past], ffol-ffulle [alternative], folfulle [alternative], fulfil [alternative], fulfill [alternative], fulfille [alternative], fulfulle [alternative], fulfyl [alternative], fulfyll [alternative], fulfylle [alternative], fullefille [alternative], fullfill [alternative], fulvullen [alternative, Southern], volvulle [alternative, Southern], volvelle [alternative, Kent]
  1. To perform or do (a deed):
    To fulfil a task or duty.
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-1Suxycho
  2. To perform or do (a deed):
    To fulfil a prophecy or prediction.
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-~aENIn3b
  3. To fill; to make something full:
    (figuratively) To suffuse or instill; to fill with.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-e6LhD4VQ
  4. To fill; to make something full:
    To satisfy; to make happy or satiated.
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-Ltft5pWu
  5. To finish or end; to become or make complete:
    (of time) To pass or end.
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-pJhtfNGD Categories (other): Time, Age Disambiguation of Age: 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  6. To finish or end; to become or make complete:
    (rare, of people) To live (for a specified time)
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-h-T1CjLa
  7. To replace or supply; to be substituted for.
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-wGZh2kAj
  8. To be full of; to spread throughout.
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-UEmhJJz0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 13 4 6 6 6 10 26 4 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 9 3 7 7 4 12 37 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 2 2 3 3 12 39 2 6 Disambiguation of Emotions: 13 14 0 7 2 2 12 44 0 7
  9. (rare) To hold a position. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-B8PanPmU
  10. (rare) To cause or accomplish. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fulfillen-enm-verb-ZigIVxwi Categories (other): Middle English terms prefixed with ful- Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with ful-: 10 13 6 6 7 7 9 15 6 19

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "fulfille",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "fulfillynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "fulfillende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fulfilled",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fulfild",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ffol-ffulle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folfulle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfil",
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      ]
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      "form": "fulfylle",
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      ]
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      "form": "fullefille",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "fullfill",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fulvullen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "volvulle",
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        "alternative",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
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        "Kent"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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        "To perform or do (a deed):",
        "To fulfil a task or duty."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "fulfil",
          "fulfil"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform or do (a deed):",
        "To fulfil a prophecy or prediction."
      ],
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          "perform",
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        [
          "do",
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        [
          "fulfil",
          "fulfil"
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        [
          "prophecy",
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        [
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          "prediction"
        ]
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        "To fill; to make something full:",
        "To suffuse or instill; to fill with."
      ],
      "id": "en-fulfillen-enm-verb-e6LhD4VQ",
      "links": [
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          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "suffuse",
          "suffuse"
        ],
        [
          "instill",
          "instill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To fill; to make something full:",
        "(figuratively) To suffuse or instill; to fill with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fill; to make something full:",
        "To satisfy; to make happy or satiated."
      ],
      "id": "en-fulfillen-enm-verb-Ltft5pWu",
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          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
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        [
          "satisfy",
          "satisfy"
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        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ],
        [
          "satiated",
          "satiated"
        ]
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        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "To pass or end."
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          "finish",
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        [
          "end",
          "end"
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        [
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          "make"
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        [
          "complete",
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        [
          "time",
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          "pass",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "(of time) To pass or end."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "To live (for a specified time)"
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      "id": "en-fulfillen-enm-verb-h-T1CjLa",
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        [
          "finish",
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        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "(rare, of people) To live (for a specified time)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people"
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To replace or supply; to be substituted for."
      ],
      "id": "en-fulfillen-enm-verb-wGZh2kAj",
      "links": [
        [
          "replace",
          "replace"
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        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ],
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "enm",
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        "To be full of; to spread throughout."
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          "full"
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          "throughout",
          "throughout"
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        "To hold a position."
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      "id": "en-fulfillen-enm-verb-B8PanPmU",
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        [
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          "position"
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        "(rare) To hold a position."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause or accomplish."
      ],
      "id": "en-fulfillen-enm-verb-ZigIVxwi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To cause or accomplish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fulˈfɛlən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fulˈfilən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fulˈfulən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fulfillen"
}
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    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
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    {
      "form": "fulfilleth",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilde",
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        "first-person",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "to fulfillen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilledest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfildest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilleden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfillende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfilled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfild",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ffol-ffulle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folfulle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfill",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfille",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfulle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfyl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfyll",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulfylle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fullefille",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fullfill",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvullen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volvulle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volvelle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fulfillen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fulfilleth",
        "2": "fulfillynge",
        "3": "fulfilde",
        "4": "fulfild"
      },
      "expansion": "fulfillen (third-person singular simple present fulfilleth, present participle fulfillynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fulfilde, past participle fulfild)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fill",
        "c": "ed",
        "c2": "de",
        "pf": "ful"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To perform or do (a deed):",
        "To fulfil a task or duty."
      ],
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        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
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        ],
        [
          "fulfil",
          "fulfil"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform or do (a deed):",
        "To fulfil a prophecy or prediction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed#English"
        ],
        [
          "fulfil",
          "fulfil"
        ],
        [
          "prophecy",
          "prophecy"
        ],
        [
          "prediction",
          "prediction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fill; to make something full:",
        "To suffuse or instill; to fill with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "suffuse",
          "suffuse"
        ],
        [
          "instill",
          "instill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To fill; to make something full:",
        "(figuratively) To suffuse or instill; to fill with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fill; to make something full:",
        "To satisfy; to make happy or satiated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "satisfy",
          "satisfy"
        ],
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ],
        [
          "satiated",
          "satiated"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "To pass or end."
      ],
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        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "(of time) To pass or end."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "To live (for a specified time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To finish or end; to become or make complete:",
        "(rare, of people) To live (for a specified time)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To replace or supply; to be substituted for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "replace",
          "replace"
        ],
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ],
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be full of; to spread throughout."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "throughout",
          "throughout"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold a position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To hold a position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause or accomplish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To cause or accomplish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fulˈfɛlən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fulˈfilən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fulˈfulən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fulfillen"
}

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