Middle English Dictionary Entry
replēten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | replēten v. |
| Etymology | From L replētus, p.ppl. of replēre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Med. & pathol. To fill (a wound) with new flesh, cause tissue to generate in (a wound); also, of humors, fat: fill or distend (part of the body); ppl. repleting as adj.: regenerative of tissue; also, of humors: causing swelling; (b) to overfeed (sb.); ppl. repleted, full (of wine); (c) of leeches: to swarm in (a city), infest.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)21b/a : Þer abideþ superfluiteez in it, & litel by litel þai bene eked vnto þe membre be repleted [L repleatur] And distented or strecched, And þer is made an aposteme in it.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)60b/b : Perticler indicacionz, of which ar founden þo þat shal replete [Ch.(2): fulfillen] þe concauiteez of a wonde, beþ 4.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)84a/a : Euaporatyuez farmaciez..shulde replete more þan auoide.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)89a/a : It bihoueþ þe farmaciez for to be moste wiþ out mordicacioun, mundifiyng, repletyng [Ch.(2): fillynge], & bryngyng to cicatrice.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)94a/b : The humours forsoþ ar ingrossate &..bi þair ponderositee..þai descende to þe lawer partiez, And þai replete þe veynez þat ar in þe margyn of þe towel.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)137b/b : Of which [spasm] þe cause is moistenez repletyng [Ch.(2): moysture fulfillynge; L humiditas replens], or dryenes inanyntyng, or þe ligament withdrawing or agayndrawing..Cure, forsoþ, of moistnez repletyng is euacuacioun vniuersale & particuler.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41a/b : After þis comeþ þai to ȝolkez of eiren rere & to brotthez..And no maner replete hem [Ch.(2): fille þay ham; L repleant se] noȝt, And þe wombe of hem be euer laxe.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)356 : Þe apostil poul seiþ þus: 'Nile ȝe be drunken or repletid wiþ wyne, in whiche is lecherie.'
c
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.243 : The waterleches didde replete [L replevit] the cite of Neapolis with a multitude infinite.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham456 : So grete abundans of grace..Y felte me repletyd there in the resceyuyng of tho discyplynys, that Y can-not shewe it in telling by no wordys.
Note: Glossary: "repletyd pa. t. pl. '(spiritually) filled'."
Note: Cf. OED replete, v. 2. transitive. To imbue or inspire (a person, the mind, etc.) fully with a quality or property.
Note: Additional quot., sense 1.(b), modify gloss.