Replenish Meaning
/ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
verbTo fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
Sentence Examples
He wanted to replenish the stock as soon as possible.
A military veteran shows how his compost business helps to replenish precious topsoil.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After using up all the water, we need to ____ the tank to prepare for the next trip.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The aid workers worked around the clock to ____ the dwindling food supplies in the refugee camp.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This [tank wagon] has been equipped by the Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer's staff with a motor-driven pump and arrangements both for delivering fuel to the trains and for replenishing its own supply from tank wagons which are brought to the depot every three days."
— 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:
"[…] and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth […]"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:28:
"After the waters had swept over the abode of Adam's race, it became the mission of Noah's family, consisting of eight persons, to replenish, or colonize, the earth with their descendants."
— 1874, Dominick M'causland, The Builders of Babel, page 11:
"We smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature."
— 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]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After using up all the water, we need to ____ the tank to prepare for the next trip.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The aid workers worked around the clock to ____ the dwindling food supplies in the refugee camp.