Definitions for: Replenish


[v] fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*plen"ish (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE.
replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full.
See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]
1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to
stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.

Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28.

The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air
with fowl. --Milton.

2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]

We smothered The most replenished sweet work of
nature. --Shak.


Re*plen"ish, v. i.
To recover former fullness. [Obs.]

The humors will not replenish so soon. --Bacon.

Synonyms: fill again, refill

See Also: fill, fill up, make full

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