replete

  • 21replete — re•plete [[t]rɪˈplit[/t]] adj. 1) abundantly supplied: a speech replete with humor[/ex] 2) stuffed with food and drink • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME repleet < MF replet < L replētus, ptp. of replēre to fill up =re re +plēre to fill, akin to… …

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  • 22replete — /rəˈplit / (say ruh pleet) adjective 1. stuffed or gorged with food and drink. –phrase 2. replete with, abundantly supplied or provided with. {Middle English, from Latin replētus, past participle, filled} –repleteness, noun …

  • 23replete — adj. (often foll. by with) 1 filled or well supplied with. 2 stuffed; gorged; sated. Derivatives: repleteness n. repletion n. Etymology: ME f. OF replet replete or L repletus past part. of replere (as RE , plere plet fill) …

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  • 24replete — n. [L. repletus, filled] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, individuals of certain ant species that are specially adapted with distended abdomens for the storage of honey; a living honey cask; plerergate …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 25replete — 1. adjective /rɪˈpliːt/ a) Abounding. A peacock reignd, whose glorious sway b) Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink. His subjects with delight obey: Syn: p …

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  • 26replete — Synonyms and related words: SRO, abounding, abundant, affluent, all sufficing, allayed, ample, aplenty, awash, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock full, chuck full, cloyed, congested, copious,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27replete — see FULL …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28replete —  is not merely full but overfull, stuffed …

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  • 29replete — re·plete || rɪ plɪːt adj. brimming, teeming, full; abundant, plentiful; packed, crowded, jammed …

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  • 30replete — [rɪ pli:t] adjective 1》 filled or well supplied with something. 2》 very full with food; sated. Derivatives repletion noun Origin ME: from OFr. replet(e) or L. repletus filled up , past participle of replere, from re back, again + plere fill …

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