plenish
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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
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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 Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
The pretty cowherd would fill the pail with water to plenish the tubs from which her charges drank.
From Norway by Beatrix Jungman
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 Bliss Carman
Where is the singer whose large notes and clear Can heal and arm and plenish and sustain?
From The Poems of William Watson by William Watson
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
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