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repletionn.Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French repletion; Latin replētiōn-, replētiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French repletion, replecion, Middle French repleccion, replection, replexion (French réplétion ) the fact or condition of having eaten or drunk to excess (c1240 in Anglo-Norman), indigestion (c1270), overabundance of blood or humours, plethora (a1365), fact or condition of being filled up (c1370), satisfaction of a desire (a1374) and its etymon classical Latin replētiōn-, replētiō process of filling up (an ulcer) (attested in an inscription), in post-classical Latin also action of filling or being filled (c400), constipation (6th cent.) < replēt- , past participial stem of replēre replete v. + -iō -ion suffix1. the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 44 Þe nose is somtyme I-lette..by fulnes & replecioun of stynkynge & corrupt humours. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 88 (MED) Tokenes and domes ben swellynge rered vp..and oþer tokenes bytokenynge þe replecioun, i. fillynge, of blood. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in f. 52v (MED) Whanne þer beþ siche repleciouns in þe heed, þe bodi is also replet. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot ii. f. xvi Yf there be replecion of fleume in the heed, fyrst ye must purge it wyth pilles of cochie. 1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 10, in That in fyne, replexion and tencion, of all the course of the veines doe come,..by the meanes of the aboundance of blood. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch 618 They testifie..a repletion of grosse, viscuous or slimy humours, and a great perturbation of the spirits within. 1671 W. Salmon iii. xvi. 361 Relaxers are such as loosen any member distended through cold, dryness, or repletion of wind, &c. 1791 J. Bentham I. i. 49 When the establishment is in this state of repletion. 1837 W. G. Clark (1844) 186 The national metropolis, which is indeed, and punning aside, a capital place, was crowded to abundant repletion. 1864 G. A. Sala in 29 July The coal bunkers..in a state of repletion are the best kind of ‘fenders’ for the protection of the boilers from shot and shell. 1870 R. Anderson II. xxxviii. 346 The body of the house was filled to repletion by adults. 1905 13 124 The newspapers of every party are occupied almost to repletion with educational politics and suggestions. 1995 (Nexis) Mar. The ships that had always been filled to repletion were now arriving half empty. the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > state of being overfed, gorged, or sated c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 17 Repleccion [v.r. Replecio] ne made hire neuere syk Attempree diete was al hir phisyk. c1425 Edward, Duke of York (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 8 For as Ypocras telleþ, ful repleccions [v.r. repliciouns] of metes sleeth moo men þat [read þan] eny swerde or knyfe. 1482 54 The rednesse and hete the whyche was in my face and in my bodye..douteles was of the feruent replecyon of wyne dronkyn before. 1542 A. Borde ix. sig. E.iiv Replecyon [v.r. replexion] or a surfet is taken as well by gurgytacyons or to moche drynkynge, as..by epulacyon. 1584 T. Cogan cxxxiii. 119 Kidde flesh..can cause none inflammation nor repletion. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne ii. xxiii. 393 Of such like repletion are States often seene to be sicke. 1617 J. Woodall 239 Repletion or ouer-fulnesse, as well as too much fasting is to be auoided. 1683 T. Tryon 320 All this chiefly proceeds from Repletion, and too much Nourishment, and unconcocted matter. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter iii. ii. 313 We were neither disordered nor even loaded by this uncommon repletion. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member Nat. Assembly in (1792) III. 361 Your malady, in this respect, is a disorder of repletion. 1830 M. Donovan II. vii. 329 A sense of heaviness in the stomach, resembling slight repletion. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer I. viii. 254 Everybody goes home to sit at table, and eat to repletion of an abundant repast. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. viii, in (1929) 569 The volunteers were fed to repletion. 1959 P. O'Brian ii. 30 ‘Well,’ said Jack, pushing away his empty plate and gasping with repletion. 2006 (Nexis) 15 Nov. f4 Twenty-one buffet choices plus a selection of seven desserts guarantee repletion for even the mightiest eater. the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > satisfying of a desire ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena (Harl.) (1966) 92 He þat alwey coueiteþ me, alwey haþ me; wherfore his desier is not voyde, but whanne he haþ me he is fillid with replecioun. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 17498 (MED) My wyl ys euere vnstaunchable, And my desyr in-sacyable; My thouht nor myn affeccioun Ha neuere ful replecioun. 1667 R. Allestree i. 5 Projecting the gratifying those desires in whose repletion we placed our happiness. 1690 J. Norris 95 So [it] prevents and anticipates that Repletion which our Lord promises. 1703 M. Chudleigh 69 To the Source of Pleasure go..To which we rav'nous Cravings bring; And are with wish'd Repletion curst. 1737 H. Baker II. 31 Thirst and Hunger may be satisfy'd; But this Repletion is to Love deny'd. a1856 W. Hamilton (1859) II. xliii. 450 If pleasure be the repletion of a want contrary to nature, that which contains the repletion will contain the pleasure. 1993 (Nexis) 27 Nov. (Saturday Extra section) 3 Even when it is not power but honor and glory that is at stake, there seems to be no repletion. 4. the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > that which fills > that which serves to fill 1585 T. Bilson iv. 767 Such a substance [sc. Christ's flesh]..hauing neither proportion of shape, nor position of parts, nor repletion of place, nor anie condition incident to a naturall bodie. 1690 J. Locke ii. iv. 49 Solidity consists in repletion, and so an utter Exclusion of other Bodies out of the space it possesses. 1770 H. Brooke V. xvii. 220 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, will then become co-embodied in this divine body; they will be the repletion of it. the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling 1646 Sir T. Browne 87 Nor is it only the exclusion of ayre by water, or repletion of cavities possessed thereby which causeth a pot of ashes to admit so great a quantity of water [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1676 J. Worlidge 124 Which vacancie you may again supply..with other Wine..which repletion must be reiterated. ?1790 J. Imison (ed. 2) 148 An increase of weight will be found..from a repletion..of the vacuities of the fresh water with saline particles. 1803 Apr. 56 Alexandria, now almost insulated by the repletion of Lake Mareotis. 1905 25 204 Moral, as well as economic, reasons justify the anxiety with which thoughtful men regard the depletion of the country, the repletion of the towns. 1927 5 July 15/2 The plan..will absorb another portion of this credit, as will the repletion of stores. 1990 77 1214 Myoinositol repletion has been attempted. Derivatives the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [adjective] > disorders of fluid secretions ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 134v Þise disposicions..ar as moste replecionale [?c1425 Paris replecions; L. repletionales] þat comeþ of gluttrie & indigestioun & of grosse metez & ventose, & of ouermych slepyng. 1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 11v, in It is called repleccionall, when the humours increase beyonde their due measure. 1993 M. Moya in M. S. Ríos (1994) iii. 201/2 The low Pi content in human milk after six months can prevent the normal mineral accretion despite an adequate repletional vitamin D status. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398 |