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–adjective

1.	abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually fol. by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.

2.	stuffed or gorged with food and drink.

3.	complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.

–noun

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

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME repleet < MF replet < L replétus ptp. of replére to fill up (re- re- + plé(re) to fill, akin to plénus full¹ + -tus ptp. suffix)

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—Related forms

re·plete·ly, adverb

re·plete·ness, noun

re·ple·tive, adjective

re·ple·tive·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.

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re·plete Audio Help (rĭ-plēt') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.
Filled to satiation; gorged.
Usage Problem Complete: a computer system replete with color monitor, printer, and software.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin replētus, past participle of replēre, to refill : re-, re- + plēre, to fill; see pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

re·plete'ness n.

Usage Note: Replete means "abundantly supplied" and is not generally accepted as a synonym for complete.

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replete

1382, from O.Fr. replet "filled up" (14c.), from L. repletus, pp. of replere "to fill," from re-, intensive prefix, + plere "to fill," related to plenus "full" (see plenary).

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replete
adjective
1.	filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" [syn: full]
2.	(followed by 'with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: instinct]
verb
1.	fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate]

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Replete, WV Zip code(s): 26222

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Replete

Re*plen"ish\ (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]

1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.

Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28.

The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air with fowl. --Milton.

2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]

We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. --Shak.

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Replete

Re*plete"\ (r?-pl?t"), a. [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. "His words replete with guile." --Milton.

When he of wine was replet at his feast. --Chaucer.

In heads replete with thoughts of other men. --Cowper.

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Replete

Re*plete"\, v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]

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