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replete

[ ri-pleet ]

adjective

  1. abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with ):

    a speech replete with sentimentality.

  2. stuffed or gorged with food and drink.

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  3. a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.



noun

  1. Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.

replete

/ ɪˈː /

adjective

  1. often foll by with copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
  2. having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱ, adverb
  • ˈٱԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٱl adverb
  • ·ٱn noun
  • ·t adjective
  • ·t·ly adverb
  • ܲr·ٱ adjective
  • un·ٱn noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of replete1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English repleet, from Middle French replet, from Latin ŧٳܲ, past participle of ŧ “to fill up,” equivalent to re- “again, again and again” + ŧ() “to fill” (akin to ŧԳܲ “full”) + -tus past participle suffix; re-, full 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of replete1

C14: from Latin ŧٳܲ , from ŧ to refill, from re- + ŧ to fill
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Example Sentences

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The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.

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Indeed, the annals of stock market commentaries are replete with prognostications that, in retrospect, were almost comically wrong.

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And luckily, I’m replete with people that know me deeply and love me and have for a long time.

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The first handful of seasons were replete with dark, twisted turns playing out in front of the camera.

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Instead of crowning the country with an imperial glory akin to Great Britain’s, those conquests actually plunged it into the bloody Philippine-American War, replete with torture and massacres.

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