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Definition of Plenish
1. v. t. To replenish.
Definition of Plenish
1. Verb. (context: archaic chiefly Scotland) To fill up, to stock or supply (something). (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (context: chiefly Scotland) Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture). (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plenish
1. to fill up [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plenish
Literary usage of Plenish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... as we vainly question why All our springs of consolation and our wells of hope
are dry ; If our cup from Marah's fountain be re- plenish'd o'er and o'er ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"As a substantive, this form •would be highly improper in such a sentence as ' I
am going to plenish [punish], va to replenish ; to fill ; to furnish. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"plenish that bairn her lari water-kit' [Plin'ish ... This rain will o\er-plenish
the dykes' [Dhis- ri'h'n u'l aow'h'r - plin'ish t daa'ks], will over-fill ..."
4. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... as we vainly question why All our springs of consolation and our wells of hope
are dry ; If our cup from Marah's fountain be re- plenish'd o'er and o'er ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"As a substantive, this form •would be highly improper in such a sentence as ' I
am going to plenish [punish], va to replenish ; to fill ; to furnish. ..."
6. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"plenish that bairn her lari water-kit' [Plin'ish ... This rain will o\er-plenish
the dykes' [Dhis- ri'h'n u'l aow'h'r - plin'ish t daa'ks], will over-fill ..."
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