▪ I. reˈplenish, n. rare.
[f. the vb.]
A fresh supply (of money); a refill.
| 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. II. 75, I know you took it queer that I did not stand it, when you wanted a replenish last week. 1881 W. P. Lennox Plays, Players, etc. II. i. 9, I gave assent for a replenish of the glass. |
▪ II. replenish, v.
(rɪˈplɛnɪʃ)
Forms: 4–5 replenys, 5 -ysch, 5–6 -ysh(e, -yssh(e; 4–5 replenisch, -issh, 6 -ishe, 4– replenish (also 5 -esch, 6 -esh; 5 repleinsch, -pleynsch, 6 ? replynyssh). See also repleshed and replevish v.2
[f. OF. repleniss-, lengthened stem of replenir: see re- and plenish.]
I. In pa. pple., denoting a condition or state.
1. Fully or abundantly stocked with things or animals († also sometimes extended to persons). ? Obs. (very common c 1535–1660, in a great variety of contexts.)
| 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 8908 Fayr bygyngs on ilka syde,..with alkyn ryches replenyst. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 25 Þus es all þe cuntree replenyscht with swilk maner of fewles. 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 169 When kynge Cirus hade fixede his tentes..repleneschede with victelles [etc.]. 1532 G. Hervet Xenophon's Househ. (1768) 17 That these gardeines maye be..well replenyshed with trees, and all maner of thynges. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 171 b, A Country replenished with Gentlemen of good houses, and good house keepers. 1631 Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 421 This religious house was..replenished with blacke Nunnes. 1696 Whiston Th. Earth iv. (1722) 362 The Waters of the Antediluvian Earth were much more replenish'd, nay, crouded with Fish than now they are. 1741 Watts Improv. Mind i. (1801) 127 It is probable they are replenished with intellectual beings dwelling in bodies. |
b. Provided, furnished, or supplied with something. Also without const. ? Obs.
| 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 11 §1 At suche time as the saide olde fowle be mouted and not replenished with fethers to flie. 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. iv. ii. 27 His intellect is not replenished hee is onely an animall. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 137 Whence Infants speak not before their mouths are replenished with teeth. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 266 Cattle and Fowl, wherewith the Country-Farmer is replenished. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 367 These vast and irregular heights, being copiously replenished with water. |
† 2. Filled, fully imbued, pervaded or possessed, with some quality or condition. Obs.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. iv. 12 (Camb. MS.), They trowen þat I haue had affinite to malefice,..bycause þat I am replenysshed and fulfylled [L. imbutus] with thy thechinges. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg 63/1 Iosue the sone of Num was replenyssyd with the spyrite of wisdom. 1502 W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xxiv. 174 Couetyse persons shalbe replenysshed with all confusyon & penury. 1558 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. 44 Death..is..an entring into an eternal life replenished with all joye, solace, and pleasure. 1604 T. Wright Passions iv. ii. §1. 127 A soule altogether depriued of vertue, and replenished with vice. 1633 Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. 271 How happily is hee replenished with knowledge and goodnesse! 1702 Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 226 Peter being now replenish'd with the Holy Ghost. |
3. Physically or materially filled with some thing or things, people, etc. Also (in later use) without const.
| 1490 Caxton Eneydos xiv. 52, I shalle sodaynly make the ayer to wexe obscure..replenysshed with hayle. 1555 Eden Decades Pref. (Arb.) 55 Suche owlde caues of the mynes as haue byn dygged, are ageyne replenysshed with vre. 1578 T. N. tr. Conq. W. India 74 All the streetes were replenished with people which stoode gaping and wondering. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 221 Generally all the earth is replenished with Brimstone. 1671 J. Webster Metallogr. xvii. 246 The Ore of Copper..hath a leaden colour, replenished with certain yellow veins. 1727 Swift Baucis & Philem. 33 They found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the top, As if they ne'er had touch'd a drop. 1791 Cowper Iliad iv. 308 Thou alone..Drink'st not by measure. No, thy goblet stands Replenish'd still. |
† 4. Full, made full, of something. Obs.
| c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxi. 93 A gude ile and full replenischt of many maners of ricches. c 1450 Lovelich Grail l. 695 Every day Repleinsched they were Of the holy gost. 1494 Fabyan Chron. v. lxxxii. 60 At sondry tymes whenne the sayd Countre was replenyshed of people. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 684 Of whose valiaunt actes..their eares had manye times bene fylled and replenished. |
† b. Possessed of something. Obs. rare—1.
| 1482 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 224/1 Forsomoche that as well the Kyng.., as other Lordes herebefore have ben gretely replenysshed of Markes and Games of Swannes. |
II. In ordinary transitive uses.
† 5. To make full of, to fill, to stock or store abundantly with, persons or animals. = fill v. 5.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶ 846 Trewe effect of mariage..replenysseth hooly chirche of good lynage. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) ix. 102 Thei wolde lye with here Fadre..for to replenyschen the World aȝen with Peple. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxii. 247 This man made the newe forest..and replenysshed it with wylde bestes. 1530 Palsgr. 687/1, I have replenysshed my pastours with catall, and my pondes with fysshe. 1596 Bacon Max. & Use Com. Law i. iv. (1636) 23 But [I] am without any remedy except I replenish the ground again with Deere. |
† b. To provide fully with something. Obs.
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 4 b, God wrought..the effectes of his mercy in replenysshynge them with his benefytes. 1535 Coverdale Ecclus. xxxii. 13 Geue thanks vnto him that hath..replenished the with his goodes. 1582 Bentley Mon. Matrones ii. 30 His riches doo replenish eurie one with his goods. |
† 6. To occupy (a place) as inhabitants or settlers, to inhabit; to people. Obs.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 12414 Mony weghes thedur went, & wond in the toune, And Replenisshed the place & the playn londis. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. vi. 36 Daily they grow, and daily forth are sent Into the world, it to replenish more. 1605 Verstegan Dec. Intell. i. (1628) 13 They were mightily increased in..Germanie, replenishing euerie quarter and part thereof. 1788 Gibbon Decl. & F. lii. V. 460 The vacant habitations were replenished by a new colony. |
b. To occupy the whole of (a space or thing); = fill v. 7. Now rare.
| 1563 Homilies ii. Idolatry iii. (1859) 216 God is a pure Spirit, infinite, who replenisheth Heaven and Earth. 1593 Shakes. Lucr. 1357 The more she saw the blood his cheeks replenish The more she thought [etc.]. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. 93 The Quicksilver cannot totally replenish and fill the Tube again. 1675 Traherne Chr. Ethics 295 Nothing but honour, and kindness, and contentment would replenish the world. 1829 Landor Imag. Conv., Scipio æmilianus, etc., Wks. 1853 II. 249/2 A light, the pure radiance of which cheered and replenished the whole heart. |
† 7. To fill with food; to satisfy, satiate. Also transf. and fig. Obs.
| c 1450 Lovelich Grail xlviii. 377 Nethir mete ne drynk haue we non;..For the vessel vs repleynscheth not here. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 8 All the appetytes of man shall be replenysshed with all goodnes. 1566 W. Adlington Apuleius x. (1893) 51 When I had wel replenished my self with wine. 1665 Bunyan Holy Citie 251 Wherewith she is watered and replenished, as the Earth with rain from Heaven. |
† 8. To fill (a place or space) with something. = fill v. 1. Obs.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 28 Ye are worthy that the ayer be replenisshed with callynges and of voyses. a 1548 Hall Chron., Rich. III 28 b, With pitefull scriches she repleneshyd the hole mancion. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage iv. vii. (1614) 372 Replenishing the way betweene the Temple and Pallace, with offerings of gold, siluer [etc.]. 1615 G. Sandys Trav. 134 They drew out the brains at the nostrils,..replenishing the same with preseruatiue spices. |
† b. To fill (a person, the heart, etc.) with some feeling or quality. Obs.
| c 1529 Wolsey in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 7 The delay wherof so replenyssheth my herte with hevynes, that I can take no reste. 1552 Bk. Com. Prayer, Ordering Deacons, Replenishe them so with the trueth of thy doctryne. 1635 R. N. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. 68 The immortall joy wherewith shee should replenish all her subjects. |
† c. To fill (the mind) with some occupation.
| a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. V 35 b, Thei determined..to replenishe the kynges brayne with some pleasante study. |
9. To fill up again; to restore to the former amount or condition.
| 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. ii. 38 The naked Sea Nymphs ride Within the ouzie pooles, replenisht euery Tide. 1666 Pepys Diary 19 July, Full of wants of money and much stores to buy, for to replenish the stores, and no money to do it with. 1748 Anson's Voy. iii. viii. 370 His stores replenished, and an additional stock of provisions on board. 1776 Adam Smith W.N. ii. ii. (1869) I. 301 The coffers of such a company..must require..a more constant and uninterrupted exertion of expense in order to replenish them. 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad v. 68 Susan was always ready..to replenish the wallets and fill the cans. 1883 C. J. Wills Mod. Persia 185 She took the little silver spoon, and replenished my inkstand with water. |
† b. To fill up (a vacant office). Obs. rare.
| 1632 Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Unhappy Prosperitie ii. 229 Petrus Moronus, whom Charles had drawen from the Cell, to replenish the vacant See. 1651 C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 40 Though all vacancies are replenished by Ministers of the Gospel, yet the succession of the Authority was in the Bishops. |
III. 10. intr. To become filled; to attain to fullness; to increase. rare.
| 1579–80 North Plutarch (1676) 76 The City of Athens began to replenish daily more and more, by mens repairing thither from all parts. 1673 H. Stubbe Further Vind. Dutch War 80 Her Coffers began to replenish, Her Subjects were rich. 1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXIV. 308 He does not luxuriate and replenish, and promise to bloom again. |
Hence reˈplenishing vbl. n.
| 1528 Paynel Salerne's Regim. C ij, The replenisshynge of the stomake by fumes and humidites. 1611 Florio, Riempitura, a filling, a replenishing. |