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Added 9 October 2026

replenish

/ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/ verb

In Latin: repleō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about replenish at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Fill something that had previously been emptied.
refill my glass, please

Origin

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.

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