Replenish

//ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to. transitive

    "It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently."

  2. 2
    fill something that had previously been emptied wordnet
  3. 3
    To fill up; to complete; to supply fully. archaic, transitive

    "[…] and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth […]"

  4. 4
    To finish; to complete; to perfect. obsolete, transitive

    "We smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature."

Synonyms

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accommodateaccomplishaffordbring to completionbring to fruitionclothe

Example

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"Thus spoke the Lord: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth". That's a holy commandment that I cannot reject, since God works in mysterious ways. That's why I must try to procreate kids with any woman as often as possible. I wouldn't dare to disobey the Lord's will."

Etymology

From Middle English replenisshen, borrowed from Old French repleniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of replenir, from re- + plenir, from plein, from Latin plenus.

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fill up

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