Verb

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

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To support by approval or encouragement.

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but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.

Verb

(fulfill)

(archaic) To fill up.

My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.

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The silence which benumbs or strains the sense

Fulfils with awe the soul's despair unweeping

To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).

You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfil it.

To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.

This job fulfils me in a way my last one never did.

To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

Unfortunately, you don't fulfil the criteria for extra grants at the present time.