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Etymology

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re-pleo

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Verb

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repleō (present infinitive replēre, perfect active replēvī, supine replētum); second conjugation

  1. to fill again, refill, replenish
  2. to make up for, complete, restore, supply
    Synonym: suppleō
  3. to fill, satisfy, satiate, sate
    Synonyms: compleō, suppleō, expleō, impleō, cumulō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.14.14:
      Viīs suīs replēbitur stultus, et super eum erit vir bonus.
      A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  4. to fill up, make swollen

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  • Catalan: reblir

References

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  • repleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.