Literary notes about Replenish (AI summary)
The word "replenish" is used in literature as a multifaceted term that ranges from literal restocking of material goods to symbolic renewal and restoration. In sacred or epic contexts, it carries a weighty, almost divine connotation—such as in the biblical echo of God commanding humans to "replenish the earth" ([1], [2]), which underscores an intrinsic cycle of creation and life. In contrast, many authors employ the term in more pragmatic ways: from the practical act of refilling supplies like furnaces ([3]), ink stands ([4]), and food stores ([5], [6], [7]) to the small yet meaningful gesture of reviving the faint glow of a lamp ([8], [9]). Even in metaphorical or poetic settings, as when an angel rejuvenates fading torches ([10]) or when a character seeks to "replenish our scanty wardrobe" in dire straits ([11]), "replenish" serves as a powerful symbol of recovery and continuity within both the physical and spiritual realms.
- And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it."-
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - God commanded the human race to multiply and replenish the earth.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - It was late,—nearly Sunday morning; another hour, and the heavy work would be done, only the furnaces to replenish and cover for the next day.
— from Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis - I am obliged to replenish my ink Stand every day with fresh ink at least 9/10 of which must evaperate.)
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - thus we hope Shortly to replenish our Stock of provisions which is now reduced to a mear minnamum.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - thus we hope shortly to replenish our stock of provision which is now reduced to a mere minnamum.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - Hornbills also have turned wild, so we can find nothing to replenish our larder but an occasional kid.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) by Henri Mouhot - He had, it seemed, but gone to his own cottage to replenish the exhausted lamp, at the moment when Kit came up and found the old man alone.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens - I will replenish with scented oil the lamp that burns by your bedside, and decorate your footstool with sandal and saffron paste in wondrous designs.
— from The gardener by Rabindranath Tagore - And later an angel shall joyously pass Through the half-open doors, to replenish and wash The torches expired, and the tarnished glass.
— from The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire - "When the tattered state of our clothes evinced the extremity of our distress, she was ever ready to replenish our scanty wardrobe.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
