Meaning of REPLENISH
| Pronunciation: | | ri'plenish
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| | Definition: | | [v] fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fill again, refill |
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| | See Also: | | fill, fill up, make full | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Re*plen"ish\ (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Replenished} (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Replenishing}.] [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.
To recover former fullness. [Obs.]
The humors will not replenish so soon. --Bacon.
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