replete
Use Replete in a sentence
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.
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)
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)
Related forms
re·plete·ly, adverb
re·plete·ness, noun
re·ple·tive, adjective
re·ple·tive·ly, adverb
un·re·plete, adjective
Synonyms
2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | ( |
| 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'pletely | |
| —adv | |
| re'pleteness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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