replenishment

[ri-plen-ish]

re·plen·ish

[ri-plen-ish]
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; Middle English replenisshen < Middle French repleniss-, long stem of replenir to fill, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + plenir to fill (derivative of plein < Latin plēnus full1)

re·plen·ish·er, noun
re·plen·ish·ment, noun
un·re·plen·ished, adjective
well-re·plen·ished, adjective
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Replenishment is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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replenish (rɪˈplɛnɪʃ)
 
vb
1.  to make full or complete again by supplying what has been used up or is lacking
2.  to put fresh fuel on (a fire)
 
[C14: from Old French replenir, from re- + plenir to fill, from Latin plēnus full]
 
re'plenisher
 
n
 
re'plenishment
 
n

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