Replenish
[rɪ'plenɪʃ] or [rɪ'plɛnɪʃ]
Definition
(verb.) fill something that had previously been emptied; 'refill my glass, please'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
(v. t.) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
(v. i.) To recover former fullness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Fill, stock, fill up.[2]. Supply, furnish, provide, store.
Editor: Nolan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fill, refill, resupply, stock, satisfy, furnish, enrich
ANT:Waste, empty, exhaust, reduce, drain, impoverish
Typist: Wesley
Definition
v.t. to fill again: to fill completely: to stock abundantly.—p.adj. Replen′ished (Shak.) complete consummate.—ns. Replen′isher one who replenishes: (electr.) a static induction machine used for maintaining the charge of a quadrant electrometer; Replen′ishment.
Editor: Orville
Examples
- Those agents were not always able to replenish the coffers of their employers so fast as they were emptied. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Note the piles of hydrogen gas bottles needed to replenish the gas supply. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Occasionally she selects slaves from among them to replenish the ranks of her handmaidens. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- After Sola had replenished my coverings I again slept, nor did I awaken until daylight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The condition and needs of the soil were studied, its strength replenished by careful fertilisation, and it was worked with care. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Again was the fire replenished, and again went the wassail round. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A large number of baths can be run by this contrivance by simply connecting them, by means of rubber tubes, with a reservoir replenished by an inverted bottle. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Not liking to call her he went back and replenished the fire, continuing to do this for more than half an hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The constant replenishing of this large quantity is necessary to life, and a considerable amount of the necessary supply is furnished by foods, particularly the fruits and vegetables. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Among other important improvements in the steam engine are those for replenishing the water in the boiler, and the Giffard Injector is the simplest and most ingenious of all boiler feeds. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Little or no expense can ever be necessary for replenishing the coffers of such a bank. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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