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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replenish  \Re*plen"ish\  (r?-pl?n"?sh),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Replenished}  (-?sht);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Replenishing}.]  [OE. 
  replenissen  OF  replenir  L.  pref.  re-  re-  +  plenus  full. 
  See  {Full},  {-ish},  and  cf  {Replete}.] 
  1.  To  fill  again  after  having  been  diminished  or  emptied;  to 
  stock  anew;  hence  to  fill  completely;  to  cause  to  abound. 
 
  Multiply  and  replenish  the  earth.  --Gen.  i.  28. 
 
  The  waters  thus  With  fish  replenished,  and  the  air 
  with  fowl.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  finish;  to  complete;  to  perfect.  [Obs.] 
 
  We  smothered  The  most  replenished  sweet  work  of 
  nature.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replenish  \Re*plen"ish\,  v.  i. 
  To  recover  former  fullness.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  humors  will  not  replenish  so  soon.  --Bacon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  replenish 
  v  :  fill  something  that  had  previously  been  emptied;  "refill  my 
  glass,  please"  [syn:  {refill},  {fill  again}]




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