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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To fill again.
  • noun A product packaged to replace the used contents of a container.
  • noun A second or subsequent filling.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To fill again.
  • noun Something used to refill a thing or place that has been emptied.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb To fill, or become full, again.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To fill up once again.
  • noun A filling after the first.
  • noun A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb fill something that had previously been emptied
  • noun a prescription drug that is provided again
  • noun a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From re- ("again") + fill (verb)

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From re- ("again") + fill (noun)

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