replete
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See also replète
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replete (comparative more replete, superlative most replete)
- Abounding.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, "The Pheasant and the Lark":
- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- 1759, Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, ch. 12:
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. 44:
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- 1916, Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers, "Seneca":
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, "The Pheasant and the Lark":
- Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
- 1901, Bret Harte, "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods:
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, ch. 15:
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .
- 1901, Bret Harte, "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods:
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abounding
filled to bursting
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replete (third-person singular simple present repletes, present participle repleting, simple past and past participle repleted)
- To restore something that has been depleted.
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replēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of repleō
