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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPLEN'ISH, v.t. [L. re and plenus, full.]
1. To fill; to stock with numbers or abundance. The magazines are replenished with corn. The springs are replenished with water.
Multiply and replenish the earth. Genesis 1.
2. To finish; to complete. [Not in use.]
REPLEN'ISH, v.i. To recover former fullness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" [syn: replenish, refill, fill again]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English replenisshen, from Anglo-French repleniss-, stem of replenir to fill, from re- + plein full, from Latin plenus — more at full Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to fill with persons or animals ; stock b. archaic to supply fully ; perfect c. to fill with inspiration or power ; nourish 2. a. to fill or build up again <replenished his glass> b. to make good ; replace intransitive verb to become full ; fill up again • replenishable adjective • replenisher noun • replenishment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (often foll. by with) fill up again. 2 renew (a supply etc.). 3 (as replenished adj.) filled; fully stored or stocked; full. Derivatives: replenisher n. replenishment n. Etymology: ME f. OF replenir (as RE-, plenir f. plein full f. L plenus)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Replenish Re*plen"ish (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.] 1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound. Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28. The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air with fowl. --Milton. 2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.] We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Replenish Re*plen"ish, v. i. To recover former fullness. [Obs.] The humors will not replenish so soon. --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(replenishes, replenishing, replenished) If you replenish something, you make it full or complete again. (FORMAL) Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Fill, stock, fill up, refill, resupply. 2. Supply, furnish, provide, store, enrich.

Moby Thesaurus

accommodate, accomplish, afford, bring to completion, bring to fruition, clothe, complete, contribute, donate, eke out, endow, fill, fill in, fill out, fill up, find, fulfill, fund, furnish, give, give back, invest, keep, maintain, make available, make good, make provision for, make up, mature, piece out, place in, prepare, present, provide, provide for, put back, reactivate, reconstitute, reconvert, recruit, reenact, reestablish, refill, reform, rehabilitate, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, renew, replace, restore, return, revest, round out, stock, store, subsidize, supply, support, top off, yield