REPLENISH

replenish, refill, fill again

(verb) fill something that had previously been emptied; ā€œrefill my glass, pleaseā€

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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