replete

[ ri-pleet ]

/ rɪˈplit /

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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.

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Origin of replete

1350–1400; Middle English repleet < Middle French replet < Latin replētus past participle of replēre to fill up (re- re- + plē(re) to fill, akin to plēnus full¹ + -tus past participle suffix)

SYNONYMS FOR replete

2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.

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re·plete·ly, adverbre·plete·ness, nounre·ple·tive, adjectivere·ple·tive·ly, adverb

un·re·plete, adjectiveun·re·plete·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for replete

replete

/ (rɪˈpliːt) /

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 Formsrepletely, adverbrepleteness, noun

Word Origin for replete

C14: from Latin replētus, from replēre to refill, from re- + plēre to fill

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Word Origin and History for replete

replete

adj.

late 14c., from Old French replet "filled up" (14c.), from Latin repletus "filled, full," past participle of replere "to fill; fill again, re-fill," from re- (see re-) + plere "to fill" (see pleio-).

replete

adjective

noun

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replete

adjective (usually postpositive)

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