replete

See also: replète

English

WOTD – 10 May 2006

Etymology

From Middle English replete (adjective) and repleten (verb), from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpliːt/

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Adjective

replete (comparative more replete, superlative most replete)

1. 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, “chapter 12”, in Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia:

     I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.

   • 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:

     "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."

   • 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Seneca”, in Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers:

     History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.

   • 2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Liberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules.

2. 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, “chapter15”, in The Valley of the Moon:

     In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said […]

Synonyms

• (abounding): plentiful, abundant
• (gorged): stuffed

Related terms

• repletion
• complete

Translations

abounding

• Bulgarian: пълен (bg) (pǎlen), напълнен (bg) (napǎlnen)
• Catalan: replet m, repleta f
• Dutch: bulkend (nl)
• Finnish: täynnä (fi)
• German: satt (de)
• Italian: colmo (it) m, colma (it) f, ripieno (it) m, ripiena (it) f, pieno (it)
• Macedonian: полн m (poln)
• Polish: pełny (pl) m
• Portuguese: repleto (pt) m, repleta (pt) f
• Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) (izobílujuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: idašan, obilan (sh), izobilan (sh), snabdjeven
• Spanish: repleto (es)
• Ukrainian: повний m (povnyj)

filled to bursting

• Bulgarian: преситен (bg) (presiten), препълнен (bg) (prepǎlnen)
• Finnish: kylläinen (fi), pullollaan (fi), täynnä (fi)
• Italian: strapieno m, strapiena f, stracolmo m, stracolma f, sazio (it), satollo (it)
• Macedonian: преполн m (prepoln), преполнет m (prepolnet)
• Polish: syty (pl) m
• Portuguese: cheio (pt) m, cheia (pt) f
• Russian: перепо́лненный (ru) (perepólnennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: prepunjen (sh)
• Swedish: övermätt (sv), proppmätt (sv)
• Ukrainian: переповнений m (perepovnenyj)

Noun

replete (plural repletes)

1. A honeypot ant.

Verb

replete (third-person singular simple present repletes, present participle repleting, simple past and past participle repleted)

1. (transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.

Anagrams

• peterel

Latin

Verb

replēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of repleō

Spanish

Verb

replete

1. inflection of repletar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative