REPLENISH
replenish, refill, fill again
(verb) fill something that had previously been emptied; “refill my glass, please”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
replenish (third-person singular simple present replenishes, present participle replenishing, simple past and past participle replenished)
(transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
(transitive, archaic) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
(transitive, obsolete) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
Antonyms
• deplete
Source: Wiktionary
Re*plen"ish (r-pln"sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replenished (-sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] Etym: [OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]
1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound. Multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28. The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air with fowl. Milton.
2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.] We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. Shak.
Re*plen"ish, v. i.
Definition: To recover former fullness. [Obs.] The humors will not replenish so soon. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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