replete

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 16, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>replete</strong> &#149; \rih-PLEET\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> fully or abundantly provided or filled</p> <p><strong>2 a :</strong> abundantly fed</p> <p><strong>b :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fat">fat</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stout">stout</a></p> <p><strong>3 :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complete">complete</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Early pictures of the garden show a space painfully empty of the layering and vitality of a <em>replete</em> garden." — <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/how-dan-hinkley-distilled-a-lifetime-of-gardening-lessons-into-a-paradise-named-windcliff/2020/10/06/bcd4d63e-fcde-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html">Adrian Higgins, <em>The Washington Post</em>, 7 Oct. 2020</a></p> <p>"History is <em>replete</em> with examples of how presidents have kept the American public in the dark about their ailments and medical conditions. Grover Cleveland, fearing poor health would be a political weakness, underwent secret oral surgery late at night in a private yacht in Long Island Sound." — <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-pandemics-health-archive-d20364b00e23dfad474fe0e9288fce83">Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press, 3 Oct. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Given that one of the roots of <em>replete</em> is the Latin verb <em>plēre</em>, meaning "to fill," it isn't surprising that the word has synonyms such as <em>full</em> and <em>complete</em>. <em>Replete</em>, <em>full</em>, and <em>complete</em> all indicate that something contains all that is wanted or needed or possible, but there are also subtle differences between the words. <em><a