Replete
(Re*plete") a. [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin
to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.
"His words replete with guile." Milton.
When he of wine was replet at his feast.
Chaucer.
In heads replete with thoughts of other men.
Cowper. Replete
(Re*plete"), v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]
Repleteness
(Re*plete"ness), n. The state of being replete.
Repletion
(Re*ple"tion) n. [L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. réplétion. See Replete.]
1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.
The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap.
Bacon.
Repleccioun [overeating] ne made her never sick.
Chaucer. 2. (Med.) Fullness of blood; plethora.
Repletive
(Re*ple"tive) a. [Cf. F. réplétif.] Tending to make replete; filling. — Re*ple"tive*ly, adv.
Repletory
(Re*ple"to*ry) a. Repletive. [R.]
Repleviable
(Re*plev"i*a*ble) a. [See Replevy.] (Law) Capable of being replevied.
Replevin
(Re*plev"in) n. [LL. replevina. See Replevy, and cf. Plevin.]
1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or
detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be
brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Bouvier.
2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
Replevin
(Re*plev"in), v. t. (Law) To replevy.
Replevisable
(Re*plev"i*sa*ble) a. [OF. replevisable.] Repleviable. Sir M. Hale.
Replevy
(Re*plev"y) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.] [OF. replevir,
LL. replevire. See Pledge, Replevin.]
1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained),
upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the
plaintiff, to return the property replevied.
2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. Spenser.
Replevy
(Re*plev"y) n. Replevin. Mozley & W.
Replica
(||Rep"li*ca) n. [It. See Reply, v. & n.]
1. (Fine Arts) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.
2. (Mus.) Repetition.
