replete

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈpliːt/

Adjective

replete

1. Abounding.
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, "The Pheasant and the Lark":

     A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway

     His subjects with delight obey:

     His tail was beauteous to behold,

     Replete with goodly eyes and gold.

   • 1759, Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, ch. 12:

     I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.

   • 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. 44:

     "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."

   • 1916, Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers, "Seneca":

     History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.

2. Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
   • 1901, Bret Harte, "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods:

     And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .

   • 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, ch. 15:

     In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .

Synonyms

• (abounding) plentiful, abundant
• (gorged) stuffed

Related terms

• repletion
• complete

Translations

• German: satt
• Italian: colmo, colma, ripieno, ripiena, pieno
• Portuguese: repleto, repleta
• Russian: изоби́лующий
• Spanish: repleto

Translations

• Italian: strapieno, strapiena, stracolmo, stracolma, sazio, satollo
• Portuguese: cheio, cheia
• Russian: перепо́лненный

Noun

replete (plural repletes)

1. A honeypot ant.

Verb

replete (repletes, present participle repleting; past and past participle repleted)

1. (transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.

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