Replete
[rɪ'pliːt] or [rɪ'plit]
Definition
(a.) Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.
(v. t.) To fill completely, or to satiety.
Checker: Shari
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Full, abounding, charged, exuberant, fraught, well stocked, well provided, choke full, completely full.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EMPTY]
Inputed by Byron
Definition
adj. full: completely filled abounding.—v.t. to fill to repletion.—ns. Replete′ness Replē′tion superabundant fullness: surfeit: (med.) fullness of blood: plethora.—adj. Replē′tive.—adv. Replē′tively.—adj. Replē′tory.
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Examples
- Every hour of the day of modern life is replete with the achievements of invention. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The baby had sunk back blissfully replete, and Mrs. Struther softly rose to lay the bottle aside. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The modern life of the world, however, has been replete with the resourceful expedients of the engineer, and the ingenious instrumentalities invented by him to carry out his plans. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the same sentiment that first led me to pourtray scenes replete with tender recollections, now bids me hurry on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Every part of Rome is replete with relics of ancient times. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Doctor Mell, in a speech replete with feeling, then proposed “Our distinguished Guest, the ornament of our town. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For that document, though replete with language, is singularly unacquainted with the forces that agitate the nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Lowell