replenish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fill something that had previously been emptied
    refill; fill again.
    • refill my glass, please

WordNet

Re*plen"ish transitive verb
Etymology
OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Replenished present participle & verbal noun Replenishing
Definitions
  1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
    Multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28.
    The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air with fowl. Milton.
  2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. Obs.
    We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. Shak.
Re*plen"ish intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To recover former fullness. Obs.
    The humors will not replenish so soon. Bacon.

Webster 1913