— repletely , adv. — repleteness , n. — repletive , adj. — repletively , adv.
/ri pleet"/ , adj.
1. abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually fol. by with ): a speech replete with sentimentality.
2. stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
3. complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
n.
4. Entomol. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
[ 1350-1400; ME repleet replet repletus ptp. of replere to fill up ( re- RE- + ple ( re ) to fill, akin to plenus FULL 1 + -tus ptp. suffix) ]
Syn. 2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.