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replenishment|rɪˈplɛnɪʃmənt|
[-ment.]
1. The fact of being replenished. rare—1.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 16 b, The fode of aungels is moost perfyte possessyon & replenysshement of all glory.
2. That which replenishes; a fresh supply.
1692Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 512 Wanting divers necessaries and a replenishment both of seamen and soldiers. 1794Sullivan View Nat. xiv. I. 161 [To] exhaust from the earth the whole of the replenishment which it received in the day. 1837T. Hook Jack Brag ii, Jack ordered a replenishment of punch.
3. The act or process of replenishing.
1802Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. (1804) 522 The provision which was originally made for continuing the replenishment of the world. 1862Lytton Str. Story xx, Principles similar to those which Liebig has applied to the replenishment of an exhausted soil.
4. attrib., as replenishment tanker.
1963Times 5 Feb. 10/1 The Admiralty had placed an order for three replenishment tankers, to be built on Tyneside. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 3 Nov. 2/3 Captain Averill, Master of the RFA replenishment tanker Olwen..was supporting Royal Navy frigates on duty off Iceland. |