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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la pleō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.pɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.ple.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''repleō''' (present infinitive replēre, perfect active replēvī, supine replētum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Plautus has the spelling ''reppl-''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] “again” and ⟨pleō⟩ “to fill”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation for filling up is from Lucretius, whom Köbler dates 96–55 BC.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to refill, replenish, as in Cicero, and in Livy to bring up to full strength.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius it meant to fill up a space, and to fill a place with sound or light, in Virgil to sate with food, in Celsus to make swell, and in law to complete.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to fill, satisfy, refill, complete, replenish.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian ''replere''.^(Wiktionary) Its participle ''replētus'' gave [[en|replete]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of filling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of refilling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of bringing up to strength.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''replete'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To refill, [[m|en|replenish]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bring up to strength; to make up.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fill up; to fill (with sound or light).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|sate]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To make swell.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[irrepletus]]
+ * [[replētiō]]
+ * [[replētus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[compleō]]
+ * [[dēpleō]]
+ * [[expleō]]
+ * [[impleō]]
+ * [[oppleō]]
+ * [[suppleō]]
+ * [[en|replete]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}