It means (according to my trusty New Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary):
- to make full or complete again
- to supply with fresh fuel
- to fill again or anew
- (intransitively) to become full or complete again
According to another dictionary (the one built-in in Mac OS X), the origin of the word can be traced to Old French (and further to Latin, of course), as follows:
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the
sense [supply abundantly] ): from Old
French repleniss-, lengthened stem of
replenir, from re- ‘again’ (also
expressing intensive force) + plenir
‘fill’ (from Latin plenus ‘full’ ).
Based on that, I don't think it has had other meanings in English earlier. As to why should one use this word instead of the less fancy refill – I have no idea, except perhaps to show off & try to sound educated.
Dutch, not an uncommon nickname, seems to be used for a variety of reasons. It could be because a person is connected to Holland, or because a person is of German descent. Here, "Dutch" is from "Deutsch," the German-language word for "German." Other reasons are more idiosyncratic. Here are some examples:
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
As a boy, Reagan's father nicknamed his son "Dutch", due to his "fat little Dutchman"-like appearance, and his "Dutchboy" haircut; the nickname stuck with him throughout his youth.
Dutch Schultz, notorious gangster
His old associates dubbed him "Dutch" Schultz in honor of a deceased strong-arm thug who was notorious for dirty fighting at the turn of the century.
Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. congressman
Dutch is legally part of his name: Charles Albert Dutch Ruppersberger III, but it wasn't always. When Rep. Charles Albert Ruppersberger III (D-Md.) first ran for Congress in 2002, he decided that his 13-letter last name was too long to put on a bumper sticker.
Besides, he says, he needed something catchier, something that would stick in people’s heads. So he opted for his lifelong nickname: Dutch. But there was one hitch: It wasn’t his real name, so he couldn’t put "Dutch" on the ballot.
"When you market yourself, you have to make sure that you have the same name on the ballot, so I needed ‘Dutch’ on the ballot," he said in an interview. "So what I did is I legally -- I’m a lawyer -- I legally added Dutch to my name. So I would go by C -- period -- A -- period -- Dutch, and all of the bumper stickers would say, ‘Go Dutch.’ So legally I added Dutch to my name."
But why did he choose "Dutch"? The Maryland Democrat’s nickname has been --Dutch-- since the moment of his birth.
--When I was born ... the doctor came out and said to my father, ‘You have a big blond Dutchman,’ -- he said. --So they started calling me ‘Dutch,’ and when my mother and he would write letters, he’d ask, ‘How’s the Dutchman doing?’ I’ve been called Dutch all of my life.--
Dutch Fehring, Stanford's winningest baseball coach.
It was during his freshman year in high school that he earned the nickname --Dutch,-- because he was of German descent. After Fehring returned a kickoff 60 yards for a touchdown, a local sportswriter tabbed him --The Flying Dutchman-- and the nickname stuck.
Best Answer
I am an native Urdu speaker. This word is combination of Abbot and Abad. Abbot can be the name of person.
Abad used in terms of to populate, or get settled on location, or residence or to reside. Another word is abadi which means population or a place where some population exist. i.e. Abadi of Pakistan is 160 million.
There are many other cities with suffix abad like, Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Khroatabad etc etc.
So Islamabad will mean something like residence of Islam (it can be a name of person as well) Abbotabad will mean like place populated by Abbot, or residence of Abbot.