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English Dictionary: replenish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
replenish
v
  1. fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
    Synonym(s): replenish, refill, fill again
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 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.
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