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replenish

Replenish (r-plnsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replenished (-sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.]

Etymology: [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.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Replenish, v. i.

To recover former fullness. [Obs.] The humors will not replenish so soon. Bacon.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists replenish only as an antonym, under exterminate.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

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