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fulfilled

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ful·fill also ful·fil  (fl-fl)
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.
2. To carry out (an order, for example).
3. To measure up to; satisfy. See Synonyms at perform, satisfy.
4. To bring to an end; complete.
[Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan : full, full; see full1 + fyllan, to fill; see fill.]
ful·filler n.
ful·fillment, ful·filment n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fulfilled - completed to perfection
consummated - brought to completion; "a consummated transaction"
fulfilled
adjective satisfied, happy, pleased, content, contented, gratified I feel more fulfilled doing this than ever before.
Translations
fulfilled [fʊlˈfɪld] adj [person] → épanoui(e)
fulfilled [fʊlˈfɪld] adj (person) → realizzato/a, soddisfatto/a
fulfilled [fʊlˈfɪld] adj (person) → realizzato/a, soddisfatto/a


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Then the queen took pity on the little fish, and threw it back again into the river; and before it swam away it lifted its head out of the water and said, 'I know what your wish is, and it shall be fulfilled, in return for your kindness to me--you will soon have a daughter.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
For a time, which seemed so long that the world grew gray with age and sin, and the haunted forest, having fulfilled its purpose in this monstrous culmination of its terrors, vanished out of his consciousness with all its sights and sounds, the apparition stood within a pace, regarding him with the mindless malevolence of a wild brute; then thrust its hands forward and sprang upon him with appalling ferocity
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
I have had other dreams at other times--and I have known them to be fulfilled.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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