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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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

Far from that, but He will draw eye to eye and lip to lip, so both be pure, saying, 'Be fruitful, and plenish the earth.'

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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

The pretty cowherd would fill the pail with water to plenish the tubs from which her charges drank.

From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix

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