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comparative more replete, superlative most replete
Abounding. quotations examples
A peacock reign'd, whose glorious swayHis subjects with delight obey:His tail was beauteous to behold,Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
1730, Jonathan Swift, The Pheasant and the Lark
I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
1759, Samuel Johnson, “chapter 12”, in Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
"Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844
History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Seneca”, in Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers
Liberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules.
2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink. quotations examples
And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals […]
1901, Bret Harte, “Three Vagabonds of Trinidad”, in Under the Redwoods
In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said […]
1913, Jack London, “chapter15”, in The Valley of the Moon
plural repletes
A honeypot ant. examples
third-person singular simple present repletes, present participle repleting, simple past and past participle repleted
(transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted. examples