Obs. [f. L. explēment-um that which fills up, f. explēre to fill up: see EXPLETE and -MENT.] That which fills up; fulfilment.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T., 38 a. Thou wert blinded, & wantedst the sence, in Vespasian to picke out his [a prophecy’s] explement [ed. 1613 expletement].
1658–78. in Phillips.
