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plenish

American  
[plen-ish] / ˈplɛn ɪʃ /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.
  1. to fill up; stock; furnish.


plenish British  
/ ˈplɛnɪʃ /

verb

  1. (tr) to fill, stock, or resupply

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Other Word Forms

  • plenisher noun
  • plenishment noun
  • unplenished adjective

Etymology

Origin of plenish

1425–75; late Middle English plenyss < Middle French pleniss-, long stem of plenir to fill, ultimately < Latin plēnus full. See plenum, -ish 2

Example Sentences

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Where is the singer whose large notes and clear   Can heal and arm and plenish and sustain?

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

Your kind and unremitting exertions in our favour will soon plenish the drawing-room.

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.

Having built his house, Cecil Rhodes employed agents to hunt up in Holland fine specimens of genuine old Dutch furniture with which to plenish it.

From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord

Surely some fortunate hour 5 Phaon will come, and his beauty Be spent like water to plenish   Need of that beauty!

From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Carman, Bliss

To all this a little money is added by the parties present, to enable the young couple to plenish their little domicile.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various