[f. FULFIL v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FULFIL in various senses; an instance of this; also concr. that which fulfils. Cf. FULFILMENT, now usually substituted.
1340. Ayenb., 260. God þet is þe ende and þe uoluellinge and þe somme of his wylninges.
1382. Wyclif, Rom. xiii. 10. Therfore loue is the plente, or fulfillinge, of the lawe.
1480. Caxton, Chron. Eng., ccxxxviii. 263. For vnmesurable fulfylling of his lust his lyf shorted the souner.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 43. The accomplysshynge or fulfyllynge of his commaundementes.
1628. Gaule, Pract. Theories (1629), 22. He could haue indured any thing rather then a Prophecies not fulfilling.
1671. Milton, P. R., II. 109. With thoughts Meekly compos’d awaited the fulfilling.
1715. De Foe, Fam. Instruct., I. i. (1841), I. 29. There you have the history of God’s church, from the beginning to the fulness of time, and the fulfilling of Old Testament types, and Old Testament promises.
