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replete
[ ri-pleet ]
/ rÉŖĖplit /
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adjective
abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
noun
Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
OTHER WORDS FOR replete
2 sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
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replantation, replay, repleader, replenish, replenishment, replete, repletion, replevin, replevisable, replevy, replica
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British Dictionary definitions for replete
replete
/ (rÉŖĖpliĖt) /
adjective (usually postpositive)
(often foll by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
Derived forms of replete
repletely, adverbrepleteness, nounWord Origin for replete
C14: from Latin replÄtus, from replÄre to refill, from re- + plÄre to fill
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