replenish

From Middle English replenisshen, borrowed from Old French repleniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of replenir, from re- + plenir, from plein, from Latin plenus.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/

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replenish (third-person singular simple present replenishes, present participle replenishing, simple past and past participle replenished)

1. (transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.

   It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently.

2. (transitive, archaic) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:28:

     […] and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth […]

3. (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     We smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature.

• deplete

• “replenish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “replenish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.