replenishedadj.
/rᵻˈplɛnɪʃt/, U.S. /rəˈplɛnɪʃt/, /riˈplɛnɪʃt/ I. In predicative use.† 3.
1. Filled or imbued with a quality, condition, influence, etc. rare in later use.
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?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 469 I am replenissed and fulfilled [L. inbuti] wiþ þi techynges.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §1079 The endelees blisse of heuene..ther as ne is neither hunger, thurst ne coold but euery soule replenyssed [c1415 Lansd. replenyscheþ, c1425 Petworth repleynshed, c1460 Selden replenesshed] with the sighte of the parfit knowynge of god.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 63/1 Iosue the sone of Num was replenyssyd with the spyrite of wisdom.
?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xxiv. 174 Couetyse persons shalbe replenysshed with all confusyon & penury.
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount i. f. 44 Death..is..an entring into an eternal life replenished with all joye, solace, and pleasure.
1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde xix. 201 A soule, altogether depriued of vertue, and replenished with vice.
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cvi How happily is hee replenished with knowledge and goodnesse.
1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. ii. i. 152 Peter being now replenish'd with the Holy Ghost.
1750 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends (ed. 4) vii. 14 There are old Men who are full of Vivacity, and young Men replenished with Discretion.
1854 W. Evans & T. Evans Piety Promoted (new ed.) III. 143 With a mind replenished with love, he engaged in a visit to the meetings of Friends in London.
1994 H. Bloom Western Canon iii. xi. 282 That going forth anew is magnified into Whitman's trooping off replenished with supreme power.
2. † a. Fully or abundantly stocked with animals, people, or things. Chiefly with with. Obsolete.† b. Containing or provided with an abundance of something. Obsolete.
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a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 8908 (MED) Þat cete had..fayr bygyngs..with alkyn ryches replenyst.
a1456 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 805 (MED) Parkis replenisshed gladeþ þe parker.
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. f. 14 That these gardeynes maye be..well replenisshed with trees, and all maner of thynges.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 171v A countrey replenished with Gentlemen of good houses, and good house keepers.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 421 This religious house was..replenished with blacke Nunnes.
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 81 Yet are their Rivers and Rivulets replenished with Trout, because undisturb'd with the noosy Net.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 231 It is probable they are replenished with intellectual Beings dwelling in Bodies.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 289 Forests are waste grounds belonging to the king, replenished with all manner of beasts of chase or venary.
1796 J. Aikin & A. L. Barbauld Evenings at Home VI. 125 Where it [sc. heat] most prevails,..nature is most replenished with all sorts of living and growing things.
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?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 93 A gude ile and full replenischt of many maners of ricches.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxii. f. xxxiv At sondry tymes whenne the sayd Countre was replenysshed of people.
1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 245 Wee haue Chases 30, Forrests 55, and, 745 Parkes, replenished with aboundance of game.
c. With with. Physically or materially full of people, things, or a thing; full to capacity. Also (in later use) without construction. rare in later use.
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c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 287 (MED) Þis weshell repleynssed with watur is þe sacrament of confession, þat shuld be full of teres of contricion.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiv. 52 I shalle sodaynly make the ayer to wexe obscure..replenysshed with hayle.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. biiijv Suche owlde caues of the mynes as haue byn dygged, are ageyne replenysshed with vre.
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 74 All the streetes were replenished with people which stoode gaping and wondering.
1709 J. Swift Baucis & Philemon 4 They found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the Top, As if they ne'er had touch'd a Drop.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. Pref. 89 Until every vessel of them..be so replenished, saturated and fill'd up therewith, that no more..could possibly be got either in or out.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 308 Thou alone..Drink'st not by measure. No, thy goblet stands Replenish'd still.
1848 ‘F. Forester’ Field Sports U.S. & Brit. Provinces Amer. II. 259 The composing fumes of the hunter's pipe, replenished with ‘the Indian weed that briefly burns’.
1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 96 The winter's many snows, first falling in November, had created an eight-foot base, and snow-making had kept it replenished.
a. That is or has been provided or supplied with something. Obsolete.
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1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 354 (MED) I wol that the edificacion of my said College of Eton procede in large fourme..wel replenysshed with goodely wyndowes and vautes.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlii. 311 Vppon the Morwe Alle Repleynsched they were with swich vyaunde as they desired there.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 11 §1 At suche time as the saide olde fowle be mouted and not replenished with fethers to flie.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 137 Whence Infants speak not before their mouths are replenished with teeth.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry x. 200 Cattle and Fowl, wherewith the Country-Farmer is replenished.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 367 These vast and irregular heights, being copiously replenished with water.
b. That is or has been endowed with or put in possession of something. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing
havingOE
replenished1483
possessing1567
possident1625
possessive1838
1483 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1483 §30. m. 2 Forsomoche that as well the kyng.., as other lordes..herebefore have ben gretely replenysshed of markes and games of swannes.
II. In attributive use.
4. That has been made full or restored to fullness; full; refilled.In quot. a1616: perfect, complete (cf. replete adj. 3).
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the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something
warnishedc1340
graitha1400
yfraughtc1412
replenished1548
freight1556
furnished1570
fraught1574
supplied1590
suggested?1592
support1733
the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or full
fulleOE
fullyOE
plaina1325
plenala1450
replete?a1500
replenished1548
stuffeda1616
plenitudinary1647
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full
fullOE
chargedc1400
repletec1405
replesheda1450
gretfulc1540
torc1540
replenished1548
freight1565
freighted1567
implete1568
chocker1956
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > stocked or stored with > well-stocked (with)
well-stored?a1425
stuffedc1440
replenished1548
well-laden1570
well-stocked1604
locuplete1609
fat1758
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > specifically in immaterial sense
fraught?14..
replete?1406
replenished1548
high-chargeda1642
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > made full
yfilledc900
well-filledc1384
replenished1548
well-laden1570
filled1769
tanked1893
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. iii. sig. I.viv The dead bodyes lay as thik as a man may note cattell grasing in a full replenished pasture.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 18 We smothered The most replenished sweet worke of nature. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 81 The most replenish'd Villaine in the World. View more context for this quotation
1641 G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Solomon vi. iv. 24 More faire then the replenisht Moon.
1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance ii. 42 A smoking table, and a replenished sideboard, soon put all men on a level!
1824 T. Wilkinson Tours Brit. Mountains 144 In Autumn they turn their replenished hives the wrong side up, over which they set an empty one.
1866 B. Taylor Story of Kennett xxiv. 283 Her first care was to rekindle the fire and place the replenished jug in its accustomed place.
1906 J. London White Fang i. ii. 17 Henry..looked to see his comrade standing among the dogs beside the replenished fire.
1947 Times 13 Aug. 5/7 The replenished Lancaster, now with ample fuel for the remaining 1,900-mile crossing, flew towards the setting sun.
2005 S. Amick Lake, River & Other Lake lxvii. 309 Several of them glanced up expectantly at the clang of the spiral staircase whenever one of the girls from the caterer appeared on it with a replenished tray of ‘aps’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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