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REPLETE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(followed by 'with') deeply filled or permeated
Example:
it is replete with misery
Synonyms:
instinct; replete
Classified under:
Similar:
full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink
Example:
a full stomach
Synonyms:
full; replete
Classified under:
Similar:
nourished (being provided with adequate nourishment)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they replete ... he / she / it repletes
Past simple: repleted
Past participle: repleted
-ing form: repleting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill to satisfaction
Example:
I am sated
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "replete" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "replete"):
cloy; pall (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
repletion (eating until excessively full)
