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Replenished

Replenish \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.

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replenished
  1. 1 (context now rare English) imbued, fully infused (with) some quality. (from 15th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) full, fully stocked (with), containing an abundance (of). (15th-18th c.) 3 That has been refilled; restored to capacity or fullness, full. (from 16th c.) v

  2. (en-past of: replenish)

Usage examples of "replenished".

And to the intent you may beleeve me I will shew you an example : wee were come nothing nigh to Thebes, where is the fountain of our art and science, but we learned where a rich Chuffe called Chriseros did dwell, who for fear of offices in the publique wel dissembled his estate, and lived sole and solitary in a small coat, howbeit replenished with aboundance of treasure, and went daily in ragged and torn apparel.

Then Psyches moved with delectation approched nigh and taking a bold heart entred into the house, and beheld every thing there with great affection, she saw storehouses wrought exceedingly fine, and replenished with aboundance of riches.

Nicephorus was exposed on a spear, and his skull, enchased with gold, was often replenished in the feasts of victory.

When lie had spoken these words he commanded Mercury to call all the gods to counsell, and if any of the celestiall powers did faile of appearance he would be condemned in ten thousand pounds : which sentence was such a terrour to all the goddesses, that the high Theatre was replenished, and Jupiter began to speake in this sort : O yee gods, registred in the bookes of the Muses, you all know this young man Cupid whom I have nourished with mine owne hands, whose raging flames of his first youth, I thought best to bridle and restraine.

But I sensed I had not the time to replenish my body as I replenished the fire.

With its stores replenished, the colony could survive, he told himself.

His authority would alone be sufficient to annihilate that formidable army of martyrs, whose relics, drawn for the most part from the catacombs of Rome, have replenished so many churches, and whose marvellous achievements have been the subject of so many volumes of Holy Romance.

The adjacent pastures were covered with flocks and herds: the paradise or park was replenished with pheasants, peacocks, ostriches, roebucks, and wild boars, and the noble game of lions and tigers was sometimes turned loose for the bolder pleasures of the chase.

The first trading city in the world was abundantly replenished with the means of subsistence and defence.

In a lofty pavilion of the gardens, one of these basins and fountains, so delightful in a sultry climate, was replenished not with water, but with the purest quicksilver.

The revolt of the provinces circumscribed their dominions within the walls of Bagdad: but that capital still contained an innumerable multitude, vain of their past fortune, discontented with their present state, and oppressed by the demands of a treasury which had formerly been replenished by the spoil and tribute of nations.

In the beginning of each season, the basin, instead of water, was replenished with the most exquisite fruits, which were abandoned to the populace for the entertainment of the prince.

He was standing over the finish pan, which was newly replenished with sap that was nearing the syrup stage.

A pot of soup had been left warming at the edge of the hearth, and the wood had been replenished for the fire.

The dying leaves replenished the earth, the golden, myriad carpet they formed on the woodland floor injecting the soil with fresh vitality which would be slowly processed through the winter months.