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plenish

verb /ˈplɛnɪʃ/

  1. To fill up, to stock or supply (something).

    archaic

    By the time they went back to the bar the expressionless peasant behind it had set up two glasses and plenished them with yellow rum and sugar upon which he now poured hot water before pushing them forward and motioning to them with his head to drink.

  2. Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture).

    No man ever saw Alison at any market in the countryside, and yet the Skerburnfoot was plenished yearly in all proper order.

Where it comes from

Scots plenish, from pleniss- the stem of Anglo-Norman plenir in certain conjugated form, from plein (“full”). Compare replenish.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry plenish (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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