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re⋅plete
[ri-pleet]
–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)
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.
2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
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Replete
Re*plete"\ (r?-pl?t"), a. [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. "His words replete with guile." --Milton. When he of wine was replet at his feast. --Chaucer. In heads replete with thoughts of other men. --Cowper.Replete
Re*plete"\, v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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