Part 4627

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.</def>

<h1>Fulfill</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful*fill"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fulfilled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fulfilling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fulfillen</ets>, <ets>fulfullen</ets>, AS. <ets>fulfyllan</ets>; <ets>ful</ets> full + <ets>fyllan</ets> to fill. See</tt> <er>Full</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Fill</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fulfil.</asp>]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fill up; to make full or complete.</def> <mark>[>Obs.]</mark> "<i>Fulfill</i> her week"

<i>Gen. xxix. 27.</i>

<blockquote>Suffer thou that the children be <b>fulfilled</b> first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds. <i>Wyclif (Mark vii. 27).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.</def>

<blockquote>He will, <b>fulfill</b> the desire of them fear him. <i>Ps. cxlv. 199.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Here Nature seems <b>fulfilled</b> in all her ends. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Servants must their masters' minds <b>fulfill</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fulfiller</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful*fill"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fulfills.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Fulfillment</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful*fill"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>fulfilment</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; <as>as, the <ex>fulfillment</ex> of prophecy</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Execution; performance; <as>as, the <ex>fulfillment</ex> of a promise</as>.</def>

<h1>Fulgency</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fulgen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>fulgent</er>.]</ety> <def>Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Fulgent</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulgens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>fulgere</ets> to flash, glitter, shine, akin to Gr. <?/ to burn. See <er>Phlox</er>, <er>Flagrant</er>.]</ety> <def>Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.</def>

<blockquote>Other Thracians . . . <b>fulgent</b> morions wore. <i>Glower.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fulgently</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Dazzlingly; glitteringly.</def>