English → Latin
“fulfill” in Latin
impleōto fill up or with, fill fully; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case); to satisfy, satiate; to makeexpleōto fill up, occupy completely; to appease, satisfy, placate the thirst, satiate the hunger; to supply, repair, compensatrespondeōto reply, answer, respond; to offer or present in return; to measure uppraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superexsequorto follow after thoroughly, steadfastly accompany, go after, seek after, pursue persistently; to follow or accompany to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fulfill
implere: explere: ad effectum adducere (to carry it into act; e.g., a plan): respondere, satisfacere alicui rei (to answer; e.g., anybody’s expectation, to perform): To fulfill a duty, officium facere, praestare, exsequi; officio fungi; officio suo non deesse; officio satisfacere (officium explere and officii partes implere, seldom, and never in Cic.): to fulfill every duty, nullam partem officii deserere; toward anybody, nullum munus officii cuipiam reliquum facere: to fulfill a plan, ad effectum consilii pervenire (Cic.), or aliquid ad effectum adducere (Liv.; opposed to spe concipere, Liv., 33, 33, fin.): to fulfill a command, imperium observare; imperato satisfacere; punctually, imperium diligenter exsequi: to fulfill a law, legem servare: to fulfill an agreement, pacto stare: to fulfill a promise, fidem persolvere; promissum praestare; fidem suam liberare: he has not fulfilled his promise, non exsolvit, quod promiserat: to fulfill our promises to the state, quae reipublicae polliciti sumus (or simus) exitu praestare (Planc. ap. Cic., Fam., 10, 8, 3): to fulfill anybody’s desires, optata alicujus explere; alicujus optatis respondere; voluntati alicujus obtemperare; alicui morem gerere (to comply with or suit one’s self to his ways); anybody’s desires, spem implere or explere: may Heaven fulfill your desires! dii tibi dent, quae optes! dii dent, quae velis! your prayers! tibi dii, quaecumque preceris! to be fulfilled; i. e., to have the expected result, evenire; evadere (e.g., dreams are fulfilled, somnia or quae somniavimus, evadunt). Anybody’s prophecy is fulfilled, aliquis non falsus vates fuit; ab aliquo praedictum est fore eos eventus rerum, qui acciderunt: to fulfill anybody’s vows, vota ad bonos exitus ducere (of the god who grants the request); votum solvere, dissolvere (of the person who pays his vow). To fulfill his destiny, fata implere (Liv., 1, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fulfill?
- The usual Latin words for “fulfill” are impleō, expleō, respondeō; also praestō, exsequor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.