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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Replenish \Re*plen"ish\, v. i.
     To recover former fullness. [Obs.]
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           The humors will not replenish so soon.   --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Multiply and replenish the earth.     --Gen. i. 28.
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              The waters thus
              With fish replenished, and the air with fowl.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]
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              We smothered
              The most replenished sweet work of nature. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  replenish
       v : fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my
           glass, please" [syn: {refill}, {fill again}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "replenish":
     accommodate, accomplish, afford, bring to completion,
     bring to fruition, clothe, complete, contribute, donate, eke out,
     endow, fill, fill in, fill out, fill up, find, fulfill, fund,
     furnish, give, give back, invest, keep, maintain, make available,
     make good, make provision for, make up, mature, piece out,
     place in, prepare, present, provide, provide for, put back,
     reactivate, reconstitute, reconvert, recruit, reenact, reestablish,
     refill, reform, rehabilitate, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute,
     reintegrate, reinvest, renew, replace, restore, return, revest,
     round out, stock, store, subsidize, supply, support, top off,
     yield
  
  

















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