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   re·plete

   /rəˈplēt/

   adjective

   • 1. filled or well-supplied with something: "sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death" Similar filledfullwell stockedwell suppliedwell providedcrammedcrowdedpackedjammedstuffedteemingoverflowingburstingbrimfulbrimmingloadedoverloadedthicksolidchargedaboundinginformal:jam-packedchockablockchock-fullchocker
   • ▪ very full of or sated by food: "I went out into the sun-drenched streets again, replete and relaxed" Similar well fedsatedsatiatedfullfull upfull to burstingsatisfiedgluttedgorgedinformal:stuffedpodgedpoggedarchaic:satiatesurfeited

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French replet(e) or Latin repletus ‘filled up’, past participle of replere, from re- ‘back, again’ + plere ‘fill’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. repleteness noun
   • 2. repletion noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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