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replete

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re⋅plete

  [ri-pleet]
Use replete in a Sentence
–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 replētus ptp. of replēre to fill up (re- re- + plē(re) to fill, akin to plēnus full 1 + -tus ptp. suffix)

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   (rĭ-plēt')   
adj.  

  1. Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.

  2. Filled to satiation; gorged.

  3. 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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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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