And draw not near to the wealth of the orphan, save to improve it, until he reaches the age of puberty, and fulfil your compacts; verily, a compact is ever enquired of.
He claims that the historian's chief duty is to write truthfully, and he is careful to show that a theologian may fulfil this condition.
Vovo is not here, but I am prepared to fulfil on his behalf anything that may be required.
If you're a footman, be a footman and fulfilyour calling.
But he would that the Prince should fulfil the promise which he had made, that he would carry him in his ship to his own country.
For it is his doom that he should fulfil his previous toils for Eurystheus, and afterwards be numbered with the gods.
What he wanted the distilleries for was to make alcohol for the war, not for drinking purposes but for the very many uses which only alcohol can fulfil in most important manufactures.
I would as lief enjoin Roderigo Borgia to fulfil the sacred duties of his Vicarship; I might as profitably sprinkle incense on a dunghill.
He exposed the man's reckless extravagances, his continued self-indulgence, his carelessness in matters of statecraft, and his apparent disinclination to fulfil the duties which his high station imposed upon him.
He assured them that Gian Maria threatened more than he could accomplish; and so, perhaps, more than he would fulfil if they were so foolish as to place themselves in his power.
The extravagance of my conduct had evidently roused them to the expectation of adventures, and it now behoved me to fulfil this expectation.
I laid my project and its motive before Schroder-Devrient, who had just returned to Dresden, at Easter, 1844, to fulfil a fresh engagement.
In a few weeks the company had to leave Lauchstadt to proceed to Rudolstadt and fulfil a special engagement there.
About the same time my brother-in-law, Wolfram, having quarrelled with the director Bethmann and cancelled his contract with him, also went to the Konigstadt theatre to fulfil a special engagement.
Trusting to this hope, and protected by this guardianship, you will happily fulfil what you have begun.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ" Gal.
Then Arjuna fell, because he could not fulfil his boast that he would destroy all his enemies in one day.
If we once make up our minds that we shall do a certain thing by Christ's help and for His sake, in ninety cases out of a hundred the expectation will fulfil itself, and we shall do it.
The silence enjoined was also prudential, in order to avoid hastening on the inevitable collision; not because Christ desired escape, but because He would first fulfil His day.
Now, therefore, it is time for thee to fulfil thy promises, and to deliver from the error of the Christians my son that hath rebelled against our religion, and to reconcile him to our gracious gods.
If then in very sooth, as thou sayest, thou seekest to save my soul, fulfil me this my small desire.
For, saith the Apostle, 'Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
But fulfil this my one request; since thou couldest not receive aught for thy fellow monks, yet for thyself accept a little money for sustenance, and a cloak to cover thee.
But fulfil me one other small and trivial desire of mine, if thou art in very truth minded for to save my soul.
So now it is high time to fulfil the service that I promised to God; high time to depart thitherward, where he himself shall lead me, where I may perform my vows which I made unto him.
I honour and revere those great minds, uniting brilliant genius with vast study, who fulfil their glorious career to the glory and honour of their country; but to mistake every reed whistle for an AEolian harp, is what I cannot do.
We made a "ruin" at the top of the little gardens, which did not quitefulfil our ideal when all was done, but we hoped that it would look better when the ivy was more luxuriant.
That summer she was out of health, and thinking herself unable to fulfil her part of the bargain, she would not go.
Matilda did most faithfully try to fulfil the good resolutions Major Buller's kindness had led her to make.
Y: "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not.
And if ye give your word, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman; and fulfil the covenant of Allah.
I bestowed upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My Covenant with you, and fear none but Me.
P: Fulfil the covenant of Allah when ye have covenanted, and break not your oaths after the asseveration of them, and after ye have made Allah surety over you.
S: Then let them accomplish their needful acts of shaving and cleansing, and let them fulfil their vows and let them go round the Ancient House.
So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.
She might as well expect mercy from a famished tiger as one shade of ruth from him did the task which he had set her to fulfil fail by a hair's breadth.
Then strive more gladly to fulfil Thy little part.
This is the law of life that Diotima knew, by which flower and tree, animal and man, fulfil the end of their creation; and man in nothing more surely proves his lordship than by his many-handed hold upon posterity.
Here were two blue eyes and golden hair; and by some strange chance, that appeared like the working of a divine finger, she had become the possessor of the prophecy, she that was to fulfil it!
Tis thus we fulfil our destinies, and are content.
If we fulfil our duty in producing children, that, like our virtue, is its own reward.
Intent upon his own business, the true hero asks little services of us here and there; thinks it quite natural that they should be acceded to, and sees nothing ridiculous in the lamentable contortions we must go through to fulfil them.
Guy promised to fulfil my wish, at whatever risks to himself, and with the certainty of sacrificing my life in the experiment.
You will listen to me, Gentlemen, with indulgence, notwithstanding several minute details which I shall have to recount, since I thereby fulfil the mission with which you have honoured me.
I have told Ernest that I could not fulfil our engagement, and he is satisfied.
You have spoken, Lucy--and I will do my best to fulfil your prophecy.
If the Germans are to fulfil the role Mr Churchill assigns to them, then obviously the Treaty of Versailles must be torn up.
Consequently, to those who risked their lives to fulfil this wish of hers, her affections went out readily enough.
But when some vital need becomes obvious and we find that force simply cannot fulfil it, we then try other methods, and manage to restrain our impulse sufficiently to do so.
We could not restrain Poland and at the same time fulfil our Alliance obligations to France, who was supporting the Polish policy.
The mission of the Saviour was to fulfil the predictions of the Hebrew Scriptures, that, by His death, the world might be restored to the favour of God.
The Spaniards having divided among them the treasure amassed for the Inca’s ransom, he insisted with them to fulfil their promise of setting him at liberty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fulfil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
