repletion 
ple^iinir, < L. replrtio(n-), a filling up, < repli f , 
fill up: see replete.] 1. The state of being 
replete; fullness; specifically, superabundant 
fullness; surfeit, especially of food or drink. 
Jiepleccionn ne made hire nevere sik ; 
Attempre dyete was al hire phisik. 
Chaucer, Mun's Priest's Tale, 1. 17. 
Drowsiness followed repletion, as a matter of course, 
and they gave us a bed of skins in an inner room. 
B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 118. 
2. In med., fullness of blood ; plethora. 
repletive (re-ple'tiv), a. [< OF. repletif; as re- 
phie + -ire'.] Causing repletion. Cotgravc. 
repletivelyt (re-ple'tiv-li), adv. In a repletive 
manner; redundantly. 
It [behold] is like the hand in the margin of a book, 
pointing to some remarkable thing, and of great succeed- 
ing consequence. It is a direct, a reference, a dash of the 
Holy Ghost's pen ; seldom used repletiijely, but to impart 
and import some special note. 
Ken. T. Adams, Works, II. 110. 
repletory (re-ple'to-ri). a. [< replete + -ory.] 
Of or pertaining to repletion ; tending to or pro- 
ducing repletion. 
A University, as an intellectual gymnasium, should con- 
sider that its "mental dietetic" is tonic, not repletory. 
Sir W. Hamilton, Discussions, App. iii., C. 
repleviable (re-plev'i-a-bl), a. [< replevy + 
-able."] Same as replecisable. 
replevin (re-plev'in), 11. [< OF. replevin, *reple- 
tiiie (ML. replevinu), < replevir, warrant, pledge : 
see replevy. Cf.plevin.] 1. In faro, a personal 
action which lies to recover possession of goods 
or chattels wrongfully taken or detained, upon 
giving security to try the right to them in a suit 
at law, and, if that should be determined against 
the plaintiff, to return the property replevied. 
Originally it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful 
distress, but it may now be brought in all cases of wrong- 
ful taking or detention, with certain exceptions as to prop- 
erty in custody of the law, taken for a tax, or the like. 
2. The writ by which goods and chattels are 
replevied. 3f. Bail. Replevin in the ceplt, an 
action of replevin in which the charge was that the de- 
fendant wrongfully took the goods. Replevin In the 
detlnet, an action in which the charge was only that the 
defendant wrongfully detained the goods. The importance 
of the distinction between this and replevin in the cepit 
was that the latter was appropriate in cases where an ac- 
tion of trespass might lie, and did not require any demand 
before bringing the action. 
replevin (re-plev'in), r. 1. [< repleriii, n.] To 
replevy. 
Me, who once, you know, 
Did from the pound replevin you. 
S. Butler, The Lady's Answer to the Knight, 1. 4. 
replevisable (re-plev'i-sa-bl), a. [< OF. rcple- 
rissable, < replevir, replevy: see replevisJi .] In 
laic, capable of being replevied. Also replevi- 
able. 
This is a case in which neither bail nor mainprize can 
be received, the felon who is liable to be committed on 
heavy grounds of suspicion not being replevisable under 
the statute of the 3d of King Edward. Scott, Rob Roy, viii. 
replevish (re-plev'ish), r. t. [< OF. replerists-, 
stem of certain parts of replerir, replevy: see 
replevy.'] In law,. to bail out; replevy. 
replevisor (re-plev'i-sor), . [NL., <replecis(h) 
+ -orl.] A plaintiff in replevin. 
replevy (re-plev'i), r. ; pret. and pp. replevied, 
ppr. replerying. [Early mod. E. replevie; < ME. 
"replevien, < OF. replerir, < ML. repleeire, also 
rcpleyiare (after Rom.), give bail, surety, < re- 
+ plevire, plcijiare, warrant, pledge: seepledt/e 
and plerin, and cf. replevin.] I. trans. 1. To 
recover possession of by an action of replevin ; 
sue for and get back, pending the action, by 
giving security to try the right to the goods in 
a suit at law. See replevin. 2f. To take back 
or set at liberty upon security, as anything 
seized; bail, as a person. 
But yours the waift [waif] by high prerogative. 
Therefore I humbly crave your Majestic 
It to replevie, and my son reprive. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. xii. 81. 
II. intmns. To take possession of goods or 
chattels sued for by an action of replevin. 
The cattle-owner . . . might either apply to the King's 
Chancery for a writ commanding the .Sheriff to "make 
replevin, "or he might verbally complain himself to the 
Sheriff, who would then proceed at once to replevy. 
Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 264. 
replevy (re-plev'i), n. [< ME. replevij ; < repleri/, 
r. Of. replevin, n.] Replevin. 
The baly of the hundred told me that Wharles spake to 
hym. in cus he had be distreyned, that he wold have gete 
liym a jv>;tfm/; and the buly bad hym kete a replevy of 
his mayster and he wold serve it. Pantan Letters, I. 194. 
replica (rep'li-kii). . [= F. niplique, a copy, a 
repeat, < It. repuea, a repetition, reply, < repli- 
eare, repeat, reply: see reply, v. Cf. reply, .] 
1. A work of art made in exact likeness of aii- 
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other and by the same artist, differing from a 
copy in that it is held to have the same right 
as the first made to be considered an original 
work. 2. In music, same as repeat, 2. 
replicant (rep'li-kant), n. [= F. repHquinit = 
Sp. Pg. It. replirun'ie. areplier,< L. replieau(l-)x. 
ppr. of replicare, repeat, reply: see replicate, 
reply.'] One who makes a reply. 
replicate (rep'li-kat), v. t.; pret. and pp. repli- 
cated, ppr. replied ting. [< L. replicates, pp. of 
replicarr, fold or bend back, reply: see reply.'] 
1. To fold or bend back: as, a replicated le&f. 
2t. To reply. 
They cringing in their neckes, like rats, smothered in 
the holde, poorely replicated, ..." With hunger, and 
hope, and thirst, wee content oureselves." 
Nahe, Lenten Stuffe (Hart. Misc., VI. 180). 
3. In mimic, to add one of its replicates to (a 
given tone). 
replicate (rep'li-kat), a. and n. [= F. replique 
= Sp. Pg. replicado = It. replicato, < L. repllcu- 
tus, pp. of replicare, fold or bend back: see rep- 
licate, V.] I. a. Folded. Specifically (a) In bat., 
folded back upon itself, either outward as in vernation, 
or inward as in estivation. (6) In entom., noting wings 
which have a joint in the costal margin by means of 
which the outer part folds or rather slides back on the 
base, as the posterior wings of most beetles. Sometimes 
there are more than one of such transverse folds, and the 
wing may be folded like a fan before it is bent, as in the 
earwigs. 
II. n. In music, a tone one or more octaves 
distant from a given tone ; a repetition at a 
higher or lower octave. 
replicatile (rep'li-ka-til), a. [< replicate + 
-He.] In eiitom., that may be folded back on 
itself, as the wings of certain insects. 
replication (rep-li-ka'shon), n. [< ME. replica- 
tion, replicacioun,<. OF. ^replication =: Sp. repli- 
cacion = Pg. replicacao = It. replicazione, < L. 
replicatio(n-), a reply, < replicare, reply : see rep- 
licate, reply.] 1. An answer; a reply. 
My will is this, for plat conclusioun, 
Withouten eny repplicacimtn. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 988. 
Besides, to be demanded of a sponge ! what replication 
should be made by the son of a king? 
Shale., Hamlet, iv. 2. 13. 
2. In law, the third step in the pleadings in a 
common-law action or bill in equity, being the 
reply of the plaintiff or complainant to the de- 
fendant's plea or answer. 
To that that he hath aunsuerd y have replyed yn such 
wyse that y trowe to be sure ynough that there shall no 
vayllable thyng be seyd to the contrarie of my seyd repli- 
cation, and asmoch as he woold sey shall be but falsnesse 
and lesyngs. Paslon Letter*, I. 200. 
3f. Return or repercussion of sound. 
Tiber trembled underneath her banks, 
To hear the replication of your sounds 
Made in her concave shores. Shak.,i. C., i. 1. 51. 
The echoes sighed 
III lulling replication. Gloeer. 
4. In logic, the assuming or using of the same 
term twice in the same proposition. 5. Repe- 
tition; hence, a copy; a portrait. 
The notes on which he appeared to be so assiduously 
occupied mainly consisted of replication* of Mr. Grayson's 
placid physiognomy. Farrar, Julian Home, vi. 
6. A repeated folding or bending back of a 
surface. 7. In music, the repetition of a tone 
at a higher or lower octave, or a combination 
of replicates together. 
replicative (rep'li-ka-tiv), a. [= F. replicatif; 
< replicate + -ire.] Of the nature of replica- 
tion; containing replication. 
replier (re-pli'er), n. [Also repli/er; < reply + 
-er 1 .] One who replies or answers; one who 
makes a reply ; specifically, in school disputa- 
tions, one who makes a return to an answer; 
a respondent. . 
At an act of the Commencement, the answerer gave for 
his question ; That an aristocracy was better than a mon- 
archy! The replier, who was a dissolute fellow, did tax 
him ; That, being a private bred man, he would give a 
3 not inn of state. The answerer said; That the replier 
id much wrong the privilege of scholars : who would be 
much straitened if they should give questions of nothing 
but such things wherein they are practised. 
Bacon, Apophthegms (ed. Spedding, XIII. 349). 
replum (rep'lum), . [NL., < L. replum, a door- 
case.] In lot., the frame-like placenta, across 
which the septum stretches, from which the 
valves of a capsule or other dehiscent fruit fall 
:iw;iy in dcliiscence, as in Crucifera, certain 
Pupurernri-te. Mimosa, etc.: sometimes incor- 
rectly applied to the septum. 
replume (re-plom'), v. t. [< re- + plume.] To 
rearrange: put in proper order again; preen, 
as a bird its feathers. 
report 
Tlif right hiiml rri/fitinfrf 
His black locks to their wnntrd composure. 
l;,-nii', ,;,!,,, sjiul, xv. 
replunge (re-pluuj'J, r. t. [< OF. reploiif/icr, F. 
reploiif/er, plunge again; as re- + ptiuii/e.] To 
plunge again; immerse anew. Milton. 
reply (re-pli'), r. ; pret. and pp. replied, ppr. 
replyiui/. [< ME. rcp/i/t -n, jv/i/iV , < ( )F. replier. 
reply, also lit. fold again, turn back, F. replier, 
fold again, turn, coil, repliquer, reply, = Pr. Sp. 
Pg. replicar = It. replicare, reply, < L. replieure, 
fold back, turn back, turn over, repeat, LL. (as 
a law-term) reply, < re-, back, + plieiire, fold : 
see ply. Cf. apply.] I. trtinn. If. To fold back. 
Tho ouer nape [table-cloth] schalle dowbulle be layde, 
To tho vttur syde the seluage brade ; 
Tho ouer seluage he schalle replye, 
As towelle hit were. Dabees Book (E. E. T. .S.), p. 321. 
2. To return for an answer. 
Perplex'd and troubled at his bad success 
The tempter stood, nor had what to reply. 
Hilton, I'. R., iv. >. 
II. intrants. 1. To make answer; answer: re- 
spond. 
man, who art thou that repliest against God? 
Rom. ix. 20. 
Reply not to me with a fool-born jest. 
Shale., 2 Hen. IV., v. 5. Bft. 
Full ten years slander'd, did he once reply? 
Pope, 1'rol. to Satires, 1. 874. 
He sang his song, and I replied with mine. 
Tennyson, Audley Court. 
2. To do or give something in return for some- 
thing else; make return or response; answer 
by suitable action; meet an attack: as, to re- 
ply to the enemy's fire. 
The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky ; 
The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 
Pope, R. of the L., iii. 100. 
When I addressed her with my customary salutation, 
she only replied by a sharp gesture, and continued her 
walk. B. L. Stevenson, Olalla. 
3. In line, to answer a defendant's plea. The 
defendant pleads in bar to the plaintiff's declaration ; the 
plaintiff replies to the defendant's plea in bar. 
reply (re-pli'), n. [= F. replique = Sp. replica 
= Pg. replica, a reply ; from the verb : see re- 
ply, t.] 1. An answer; a response. 
Quherat al laughed, us if I had bene dryven from al re 
plye, and I fretted to see a frivolouse jest goe for a solid 
ansuer. A. Hume, Orthographic (E. E. T. S.), p. 18. 
1 pause for a repli/. Shale., J. C., iii. 2. S7. 
Thus saying rose 
The monarch, and prevented all reply. 
Miltuu, P. L., ii. 467. 
I leave the quibbles by which such persons would try 
to creep out from under the crushing weight of these con- 
clusions to the unfortunates who suppose that a reply is 
equivalent to an answer. 
O. W. Holmes, Med. Essays, p. 81. 
2. The act or power of answering, especially 
with fitness or conclusiveneSK. 
In statement, the late Lord Holland was not successful ; 
his chief excellence lay in repli/. 
Macattlai/, Lord Holland. 
3. That which is done for or in consequence 
of something else ; an answer by deeds ; a coun- 
ter-attack: as, his reply was a blow. 4. In 
music, the answer of a fugue. =8yn.l and 2. Re- 
joinder, retort. 
repolish (re-pol'ish), t. t. To polish again. 
repone (re-pon'), v. t.; pret. and pp. reponed, 
ppr. reponiiiij. [= OF. repondre, reponre, lay 
aside, conceal, also reply, = Sp. repouer = Pg. 
I'epor = It. riporre, < L. reponcre, lay, place, put. 
or set back, replace, lay aside, lay up, pre- 
serve; ML. (as a law-term) reply; < re-, back, 
-t- poiiere, put: see poneiit. Cf. repose.] 1. 
To replace ; specifically, in Scot* lair, to restore 
to a position or a situation formerly held. 2. 
To reply. [Scotch in both uses.] 
repopulate (re-pop'u-lat), v. t. [< re- + popu- 
late. Cf. repeople.] To populate or people 
anew; supply with a new population; repeople. 
Temiragio returned to the city, and then beganne for to 
repopulate it. Hakltiyt's Voyages, II. 220. 
repopulation (re-pop-fi-la'shon), H. [= F. re- 
pnpulatinn = Sp. repoblacioti ; as re- + popu- 
lation.'] The act of repeopling, or the state of 
being repeopled. 
report (re-port' ), r. [< ME. reporter, < OF. (and 
F.) reporter, carry back, return, remit, refer, = 
Pr. Sp. reportar, carryback (cf. Pg. rejiortar, re- 
spect, honor, regard), = It. riportare, < L. repor- 
tare, carry back, bring back, carry off, get, ob- 
tain, bring back (an account), report, ML. also 
write (an account) for information or record. 
< re-, back, + portare, carry : see ports. Cf. 
rapport.] I. Iran*. 1. To bear or bring back 
as an answer; relate, as what has been dis- 
