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[ ri-pleet ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪˈplit / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with ): a speech replete with sentimentality.
stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
noun Entomology . (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
Origin of replete First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English repleet, from Middle French replet, from Latin replētus, past participle of replēre “to fill up,” equivalent to re- “again, again and again” + plē(re) “to fill” (akin to plēnus “full”) + -tus past participle suffix; see re-, full1
SYNONYMS FOR replete 2 sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
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OTHER WORDS FROM replete re·plete·ly, adverb re·plete·ness, noun re·ple·tive, adjective re·ple·tive·ly, adverb
un·re·plete, adjective un·re·plete·ness, noun
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Words nearby replete replant, replantation, replay, repleader, replenish, replete , repletion, replevin, replevisable, replevy, replica
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British Dictionary definitions for replete adjective (usually postpositive) (often foll by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
Derived forms of replete repletely , adverb repleteness , noun Word Origin for replete C14: from Latin replētus , from replēre to refill, from re- + plēre to fill
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Words related to replete rife, awash, filled, loaded, jammed, crowded, overflowing, teeming, lavish, abounding, packed, stuffed, charged, brimming, complete, crammed, gorged, sated, thronged, satiated