Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repletion"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Repletion \Re*ple"tion\ (r?-pl?"sh?n), n. [L. repletio a filling
up: cf. F. r['e]pl['e]tion. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

repletion
n 1: the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on
more [syn: {satiety}, {satiation}]
2: eating until excessively full [syn: {surfeit}]


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