replete

American  

[ri-pleet] / rɪˈplit /

adjective

1. abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed bywith ).

   a speech replete with sentimentality.

2. stuffed or gorged with food and drink.

   Synonyms:

   satiated

3. complete.

   a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.

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noun

1. Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.

replete British  

/ rɪˈpliːt /

adjective

1. (often foll by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)

2. having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated

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Other Word Forms

• repletely adverb
• repleteness noun
• repletive adjective
• repletively adverb
• unreplete adjective
• unrepleteness noun

Etymology

Origin of replete

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English repleet, from Middle French replet, from Latin replētus, past participle of replēre “to fill up,” equivalent to re- “again, again and again” + plē(re) “to fill” (akin to plēnus “full”) + -tus past participle suffix; re-, full ¹

Example Sentences

Western history is replete with disputes over sacrifice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Looking ahead is good, of course, but the vista investors must now contemplate is replete with a host of issues that are both unique to U.S. markets and concerning to a longer term outlook.

From Barron's

Looking ahead is good, of course, but the vista investors must now contemplate is replete with a host of issues that are both unique to U.S. markets and concerning to a longer term outlook.

From Barron's

Her book is replete with advice on how to organize, lobby local governments and advance model legislation.

From Barron's

The initiative text is replete with vituperative language attacking personal injury lawyers as a class.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• awash
• filled
• loaded
• rife