REPLENISHING

Verb

replenishing

present participle of replenish

Noun

replenishing (plural replenishings)

replenishment

Source: Wiktionary


REPLENISH

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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