replete means abounding, amply provided.
replete is pronounced /ɹɪˈpliːt/.
Why “replete” is a great word
Filled or well-supplied, especially to the point of fullness or satisfaction. From Middle English replete, from Old French replet, from Latin repletus, past participle of replēre (“to fill again, fill up”), from re- (“again”) + plēre (“to fill”), first recorded in English in the late 14th century. Unlike “sated” (which signals the quenching of a specific appetite) or “abundant” (which describes the quantity of the thing itself), “replete” describes the condition of the vessel made full. It is the pantry with jars of preserves glinting in rows, the hush of a library whose shelves swell with unopened volumes, the deep, warm pressure of a stomach filled with stew on a winter night—the tangible, quiet weight of enough.
Etymology
From Middle English replete (adjective) and repleten (verb), from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.
adj
- Abounding, amply provided.e.g.“A kitchen replete with all the ultimate appliances.”
- Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.e.g.“And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals […]”
- Isomorphism-closed: Inheriting all the isomorphisms of C. Formally: such that for any isomorphism f in C, if f 's source is in S, then f and f 's target is also in S.
verb
- To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.
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