replenish

replenish

English

Etymology

From Middle English replenisshen, borrowed from Old French repleniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of replenir, from re- + plenir, from plein, from Latin plenus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/
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Verb

replenish (third-person singular simple present replenishes, present participle replenishing, simple past and past participle replenished)

  1. (transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
    Synonym: refresh
    It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently.
    • 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:
      This [tank wagon] has been equipped by the Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer's staff with a motor-driven pump and arrangements both for delivering fuel to the trains and for replenishing its own supply from tank wagons which are brought to the depot every three days.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:28:
      […] and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth […]
    • 1874, Dominick M'causland, The Builders of Babel‎[1], page 11:
      After the waters had swept over the abode of Adam's race, it became the mission of Noah's family, consisting of eight persons, to replenish, or colonize, the earth with their descendants.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to complete; to perfect.

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