replete
[ ri-pleet ]
/ rɪˈplit /
adjective
abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
noun
Entomology.
(among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
Origin of replete
SYNONYMS FOR replete
2 sated,
satiated, glutted, surfeited.
OTHER WORDS FROM replete
Words nearby replete
replant,
replantation,
replay,
repleader,
replenish,
replete,
repletion,
replevin,
replevisable,
replevy,
replica
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British Dictionary definitions for replete
replete
/ (rɪˈpliːt) /
adjective (usually postpositive)
(often foll by with)
copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
Derived forms of replete
repletely, adverb repleteness, nounWord Origin for replete
C14: from Latin
replētus, from
replēre to refill, from
re- +
plēre to fill