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plenish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈplɛnɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

Scots plenish, from pleniss- the stem of Anglo-Norman plenir in certain conjugated form, from plein (“full”). Compare replenish.

Meanings

1. (Scotland, archaic) To fill up, to stock or supply (something).
   • By the time they went back to the bar the expressionless peasant behind it had set up two glasses and plenished them with yellow rum and sugar upon which he now poured hot water before pushing them forward and motioning to them with his head to drink. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 794-5
2. (Scotland) Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture).
   • No man ever saw Alison at any market in the countryside, and yet the Skerburnfoot was plenished yearly in all proper order. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

Forms

Deriveds

deplenish · displenish · plenishment