Replet

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Archaic term meaning completely filled or abundantly supplied with something
2. An old-fashioned adjective describing a thing or person that has been filled to the brim
3. Obsolete word for being stocked, stuffed or well provided with whatever is needed

Etymology: Latin "replere" meant "to fill up again," built from "re-" (again, back) and "plere," "to fill." That same root lies behind "plenus," the source of "plenty" and "full," and behind "complete" and "supplement." English borrowed the Latin past participle "repletus" as "replete," and the shorter form "replet" is an English adjective with the same sense: filled to capacity, or stuffed with something. The root's opposite also survives in English. "Deplete," from Latin "deplere," meant to empty out, so one Latin verb supplied English with words for both filling and emptying. Today "replet" is rare and mostly turns up in older or deliberately archaic writing, while "replete" is the standard form.

Synonyms: replete, full, sated, stuffed, brimming

Antonyms: empty, depleted