replete
pronunciation
How to pronounce replete in British English:
UK [rɪˈpli:t]
How to pronounce replete in American English:
US [rɪˈplit]
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- Verb:
- fill to satisfaction
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- Adjective:
- filled to satisfaction with food or drink
- (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
Word Origin
- replete
- replete: see full
- replete (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French replet "filled up" (14c.), from Latin repletus "filled, full," past participle of replere "to fill; fill again, re-fill," from re- (see re-) + plere "to fill" (see pleio-).
Example
- 1. Recent history is replete with such underpricing persisting for years .
- 2. The official media are replete with stories of happy tibetans .
- 3. Feel replete after a large meal .
- 4. When I am silent , I feel replete ; as I open .
- 5. Vineyard haven harbour is replete with wooden sailing boats and historic tall ships , not cigarette boats .