replete

Etymology

From Middle English replete (adjective) and repleten (verb), from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.

adj

  1. Abounding.
    A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway His subjects with delight obey: His tail was beauteous to behold, Replete with goodly eyes and gold. 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Pheasant and the Lark
    I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images. 1759, Samuel Johnson, “chapter 12”, in Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
    History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers. 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Seneca”, in Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers
    Liberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules. 2021-06-22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times
  2. Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
    And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals […] 1901, Bret Harte, “Three Vagabonds of Trinidad”, in Under the Redwoods
    In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said[…] 1913, Jack London, “chapter15”, in The Valley of the Moon

noun

  1. A honeypot ant.

verb

  1. (transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.

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