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replenish

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re⋅plen⋅ish

  [ri-plen-ish]
Use replenish in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
2. to supply (a fire, stove, etc.) with fresh fuel.
3. to fill again or anew.
Origin:
1300–50; ME replenisshen < MF repleniss-, long s. of replenir to fill, OF, equiv. to re- re- + plenir to fill (deriv. of plein < L plēnus full 1 )

Related forms:
re⋅plen⋅ish⋅er, noun
re⋅plen⋅ish⋅ment, noun
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re·plen·ish   (rĭ-plěn'ĭsh)   
v.   re·plen·ished, re·plen·ish·ing, re·plen·ish·es

v.   tr.

  1. To fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to: replenish the larder.

  2. To inspire or nourish: The music will replenish my weary soul.

v.   intr.
To become full again.

[Middle English replenisshen, from Old French replenir, repleniss- : re-, re- + plenir, to fill (from plein, full, from Latin plēnus; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots).]
re·plen'ish·er n., re·plen'ish·ment n.
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Word Origin & History

replenish 
1340, from O.Fr. repleniss-, extended prp. stem of replenir "to fill up," from re-, intensive prefix, + -plenir, from L. plenus "full" (see plenary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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