[ri-pleet] 
| 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. |
| 4. | Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony. |
| re·plete (rĭ-plēt') adj.
[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. |
