replete

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /rɪˈplit/ UK /rɪˈpliːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
filled or well-supplied with something

The memoir was replete with vivid anecdotes.

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Synonyms

1 adj · filled or well-supplied... full filled abounding brimming stuffed gorged

Opposites

empty devoid lacking wanting

Word family

Forms repletion

Derived forms repletionrepleteness

Related forms complete deplete plenty

Etymology

From Old French replet, from Latin repletus, past participle of replere ('to fill up'), from re- (intensive) + plere ('to fill').

repletus Latin plere Latin *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# replete

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈplit/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈpliːt/

## Meanings
1. filled or well-supplied with something

## Examples
- The memoir was replete with vivid anecdotes.

## Synonyms
- full
- filled
- abounding
- brimming
- stuffed
- gorged

## Antonyms
- empty
- devoid
- lacking
- wanting

## Derived Forms
- repletion
- repleteness

## Related Forms
- complete
- deplete
- plenty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: repletus
- Root: plere
- Root: *pleh₁-

## Etymology
From Old French replet, from Latin repletus, past participle of replere ('to fill up'), from re- (intensive) + plere ('to fill').

## AI Etymology
Replete comes from Old French replet, from Latin repletus, past participle of replere ('to fill up'), from re- (intensive) + plere ('to fill'). The historical chain includes Latin repletus, Latin plere, and Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. The quoted older senses, "to fill up" and "to fill", supply the semantic anchors for replete. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word replete carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "filled or well-supplied with something". English derivatives include repletion and repleteness; related English forms include complete, deplete, and plenty. The result is a adj and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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