The corpus record — Latin

adimpleo

adimpleo · v. a

to fill up

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Where it lives

Adversus Judaeos Liber 13 · 11.58/10k
De Baptismo 2 · 4.68/10k
De Monogamia 2 · 2.86/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Adversus Marcionem 19 · 2.29/10k
De Carne Christi 2 · 2.1/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 2 · 0.88/10k
Adversus Praxean 1 · 0.68/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3 · 0.43/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ăd-implĕo — Lewis & Short

ăd-implĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a.,

I to fill up, to fill full (in the class. per., e. g. in Liv. 38, 7, 13, and Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140, dub.).

I Lit.: Gangem decem fluminibus adimpleri, Aethic. Cosmogr. p. 709 ed. Gron.: quasi mare adimpleti sunt, Vulg. Eccli. 50, 3.—

B Trop.: adimpleti tibiarum cantu vocant deam suam, Jul. Firm. de Err. p. 10 (cf. adimpletor): adimplebis me laetitiā, Vulg. Psa. 15, 10.—

II Metaph., to fulfil (as a promise, prediction, duty), to perform, = absolvere, satisfacere, praestare: aliquid, Dig. 26, 7, 43: quod dictum est, Vulg. Matt. 1, 22: ut adimpleatur scriptura, ib. Joan. 13, 18: legem Christi, ib. Gal. 6, 2: Gratia vobis et pax adimpleatur, be made full, perfect, ib. 2 Pet. 1, 2.

In the wild

adimplet Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.25.p4
adimplevit Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.14
adimpleta Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 7
adimplere Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.39
adimplere Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.36
adimplere Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.9

6 of 50 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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