replenish
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/
Verb

replenish (replenishes, present participle replenishing; past and past participle replenished)

  1. (transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
    It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 1:28 ↗:
      {...}} and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth {{...}
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
    • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene iii]:
      We smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature.
Antonyms Translations
  • French: réapprovisionner
  • German: wieder auffüllen, wieder aufstocken
  • Russian: набра́ть ещё раз



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