re·plete

[ri-pleet]
adjective
1.
abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed 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; Middle English repleet < Middle French replet < Latin replētus past participle of replēre to fill up (re- re- + plē(re) to fill, akin to plēnus full1 + -tus past participle suffix)

re·plete·ly, adverb
re·plete·ness, noun
re·ple·tive, adjective
re·ple·tive·ly, adverb
un·re·plete, adjective
un·re·plete·ness, noun


2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
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replete (rɪˈpliːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (often foll by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
2.  having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
 
[C14: from Latin replētus, from replēre to refill, from re- + plēre to fill]
 
re'pletely
 
adv
 
re'pleteness
 
n

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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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Example sentences
They also determined that the house's state-of-the-art alarm system, replete
  with nine cameras, had been turned off.
The ambrosia salad, replete with marshmallows and mandarin oranges, was
  surprisingly delicate.
Exploration history is replete with examples of different teams trying to reach
  a common objective.
It is always replete with deliberate lies and inconsistencies.
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