repletion
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
overfullness resulting from excessive eating or drinking; surfeit.
Origin of repletion
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How to use repletion in a sentence
If it pleased the godly it was a god-send for Bunn whose exchequer it filled to repletion.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellMuch as starving is to be deprecated, the prejudicial effects of repletion are still greater.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenIt seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.
Dracula | Bram StokerA tiger may feed to repletion, or be disarmed by drowsiness; but who could hope to appease the ghost of a tiger, did such walk?
And just as it may arise from humidity or repletion, so also, as it is a convulsion, it may be caused by dryness or emptiness.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for repletion
/ (rɪˈpliːʃən) /
the state or condition of being replete; fullness, esp excessive fullness due to overeating
the satisfaction of a need or desire
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