plenish

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛnɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪʃ

Verb

plenish (third-person singular simple present plenishes, present participle plenishing, simple past and past participle plenished)

1. (archaic, chiefly Scotland) To fill up, to stock or supply (something). [from 15th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 794-5:

     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. (chiefly Scotland) Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture). [from 15th c.]
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

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