Replete vs Rifle - What's the difference?
replete | rifle |
Abounding.
* 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
* 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
* 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
* 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
* 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
To restore something that has been depleted.
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A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=7 A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html])
To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
To strike something with great power.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 28
, author=Marc Vesty
, title=Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham
, work=BBC
To commit robbery.
To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
* Shakespeare
To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
* Alexander Pope
To raffle.
As nouns the difference between replete and rifle
is that replete is a honeypot ant while rifle is a long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.As verbs the difference between replete and rifle
is that replete is to restore something that has been depleted while rifle is to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.As an adjective replete
is abounding.replete
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .
Synonyms
* (abounding) plentiful, abundant * (gorged) stuffedVerb
(replet)rifle
English
(wikipedia rifle)Noun
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Derived terms
* automatic rifle * rifled slug * riflingVerb
(rifl)- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
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- (Bishop Hall)
- Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: / If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you.
- Time shall rifle every youthful grace.
