plenish
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots plenish, from pleniss- the stem of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman plenir in certain conjugated form, from plein (“full”). Compare replenish.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛnɪʃ
Verb
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- (archaic, chiefly Scotland) To fill up, to stock or supply (something). [from 15th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 794-5:
- By the time they went back to the bar the expressionless peasant behind it had set up two glasses and plenished them with yellow rum and sugar upon which he now poured hot water before pushing them forward and motioning to them with his head to drink.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 794-5:
- (chiefly Scotland) Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture). [from 15th c.]