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replenish

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re·plen·ish  (r-plnsh)
v. re·plen·ished, re·plen·ish·ing, re·plen·ish·es
v.tr.
1. To fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to: replenish the larder.
2. To inspire or nourish: The music will replenish my weary soul.
v.intr.
To become full again.

[Middle English replenisshen, from Old French replenir, repleniss- : re-, re- + plenir, to fill (from plein, full, from Latin plnus; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots).]

re·plenish·er n.
re·plenish·ment n.

replenish
Verb
to make full or complete again by supplying what has been used up [Old French replenir]
replenishment n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.replenish - fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

replenish
verb 1. fill, top up, refill, replace, renew, furnish << OPPOSITE empty
verb 2. refill, provide, stock, supply, fill, make up, restore, top up, reload, restock
Translations
Spanish replenish [rɪˈplɛnɪʃ] vt [+ tank etc] → rellenar [+ stock etc]; reponer;
(with fuel) → repostar

French replenish [rɪˈplɛnɪʃ] vt [+ glass] → remplir (de nouveau) [+ stock etc]; réapprovisionner
German replenish [rɪˈplɛnɪʃ] vt (glass, stock etc) → auffüllen
Italian replenish [rɪˈplɛnɪʃ] vt [+ glass] → riempire [+ stock etc]; rifornire

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Ethan made a pretext of getting up to replenish the stove, and when he returned to his seat he pushed it sideways that he might get a view of her profile and of the lamplight falling on her hands.
In a large dining room stood the table at which Louis XIV and his mistress Madame Maintenon, and after them Louis XV, and Pompadour, had sat at their meals naked and unattended--for the table stood upon a trapdoor, which descended with it to regions below when it was necessary to replenish its dishes.
In the mean while John Petherick, the English consul at the city of Karthoum, has received about seven hundred pounds from the foreign office; he is to equip a steamer at Karthoum, stock it with sufficient provisions, and make his way to Gondokoro; there, he will await Captain Speke's caravan, and be able to replenish its supplies to some extent.
 
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