replete en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɪˈpliːt/
Etymology
From Middle English replete (adjective) and repleten (verb), from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.
Meanings
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Abounding, amply provided.
History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Seneca”, in Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers:"Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
1759, Samuel Johnson, “chapter 12”, in Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia:A kitchen replete with all the ultimate appliances.
A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway His subjects with delight obey: His tail was beauteous to behold, Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
1730, Jonathan Swift, The Pheasant and the Lark:Liberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules.
2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times:
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Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said[…]
1913, Jack London, “chapter15”, in The Valley of the Moon:And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals […]
1901, Bret Harte, “Three Vagabonds of Trinidad”, in Under the Redwoods:
- (of a subcategory S of C) Isomorphism-closed: Inheriting all the isomorphisms of C. Formally: such that for any isomorphism f in C, if f 's source is in S, then f and f 's target is also in S.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most replete | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more replete | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lymphoreplete · repleteness · repletely · overreplete
Relateds
Synonyms
abundant (abounding) · plentiful (abounding) · stuffed (gorged)
Translations (50)
mk полн (abounding) · sh idašan (abounding) · pt cheia (filled to bursting) · it ripieno (abounding) · uk переповнений (filled to bursting) · bg преситен (filled to bursting) · fi kylläinen (filled to bursting) · fi pullollaan (filled to bursting) · de satt (abounding) · pl pełny (abounding) · sh snabdjeven (abounding) · sh izobilan (abounding) · bg изоби́лстващ (abounding) · it sazio (filled to bursting) · bg изоби́лен (abounding) · it colma (abounding) · ru изоби́лующий (abounding) · it colmo (abounding) · it ripiena (abounding) · fi täynnä (filled to bursting) · sh obilan (abounding) · sv övermätt (filled to bursting) · mk преполн (filled to bursting) · uk повний (abounding) · sv proppmätt (filled to bursting) · it stracolmo (filled to bursting) · fi täynnä (abounding) · pt repleta (abounding) · kmr tijî (abounding) · bg пълен (abounding) · it strapiena (filled to bursting) · pt repleto (abounding) · pl syty (filled to bursting) · pt cheio (filled to bursting) · it strapieno (filled to bursting) · bg напълнен (abounding) · it pieno (abounding) · es repleto (abounding) · la replētus (filled to bursting) · ru перепо́лненный (filled to bursting) · bg препълнен (filled to bursting) · la fēcundus (abounding) · nl bulkend (abounding) · ca repleta (abounding) · kmr mişt (abounding) · it stracolma (filled to bursting) · it satollo (filled to bursting) · sh prepunjen (filled to bursting) · mk преполнет (filled to bursting) · ca replet (abounding)