replete
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re·plete
(rĭ-plēt') 
adj.
adj.
- Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.
- Filled to satiation; gorged.
- Usage Problem. Complete: a computer system replete with color monitor, printer, and software.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin replētus, past participle of replēre, to refill : re-, re- + plēre, to fill.]
repleteness re·plete'ness n.USAGE NOTE Replete means "abundantly supplied" and is not generally accepted as a synonym for complete.
Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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replete
means 'filled or well supplied' either with food or with some other necessity, and denotes an abundance of the thing specified, which typically follows the preposition with:
This on-off deal was also replete with procrastination and posturing—Times, 2006.It should not be used as an alternative for complete, which shares this grammatical pattern:
☒ A two-storey retirement home, replete with pool, bar and stuccoed façade—Independent, 2006.Attractive as these amenities doubtless are, we can safely assume that there is only one of each.
| replaceable, replace, substitute, repetitive, repetitious | |
| replicate, reportage, reported speech |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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replete
adjective
- Full of animation and activity: alive, rife. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.
- Completely filled: brimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, full, packed. See full/empty/capacity.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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replete
adj
Definition: full, well-stocked
Antonyms: empty, needy, wanting
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replete
IN BRIEF: Full to the uttermost.
Oh, Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
— William Shakespeare (1564-1616
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Replete
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fyldt med, spækket med, behageligt mæt
Nederlands (Dutch)
overvloeiend, verzadigd
Français (French)
adj. - rassasié, rempli
Deutsch (German)
adj. - reich , satt
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γεμάτος, υπερπλήρης, ξέχειλος
Italiano (Italian)
pieno, sazio
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - repleto
Русский (Russian)
наполненный, изобильный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - repleto, lleno
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - komplett, proppfull, stinn
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
装满的, 充分的, 充满的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 裝滿的, 充分的, 充滿的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 충만한, 충분히, 포만한
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満たされた, 十分備えた, 満腹した, 充満した
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مفعم, متخم, بدين
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - גדוש, דחוס, שבע, מלא
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