plenishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛnɪʃ/
• 韻: -ɛnɪʃ

動詞

plenish (三人称単数 現在形 plenishes, 現在分詞 plenishing, 過去形および過去分詞形 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 または 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.