plenish

American  

[plen-ish] / ˈplɛn ɪʃ /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.

1. to fill up; stock; furnish.

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plenish British  

/ ˈplɛnɪʃ /

verb

1. (tr) to fill, stock, or resupply

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Other Word Forms

• plenisher noun
• plenishment noun
• unplenished adjective

Etymology

Origin of plenish

1425–75; late Middle English plenyss < Middle French pleniss-, long stem of plenir to fill, ultimately < Latin plēnus full. See plenum, -ish ²

Example Sentences

The pretty cowherd would fill the pail with water to plenish the tubs from which her charges drank.

From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix

Far from that, but He will draw eye to eye and lip to lip, so both be pure, saying, 'Be fruitful, and plenish the earth.'

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

To all this a little money is added by the parties present, to enable the young couple to plenish their little domicile.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

Surely some fortunate hour 5 Phaon will come, and his beauty Be spent like water to plenish   Need of that beauty!

From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Carman, Bliss

Your kind and unremitting exertions in our favour will soon plenish the drawing-room.

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.