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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of replere 'to fill up'

replete

 adjective
     
Related topics: Food
re‧plete [not before noun]
1 formal full of something
replete with
Literature is replete with tales of power.
2 old-fashionedDF very full of food or drink
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