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Pullulate

//ˈpʌl.jʊ.leɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To multiply rapidly.
  2. 2
    breed freely and abundantly wordnet
  3. 3
    To germinate.
  4. 4
    become abundant; increase rapidly wordnet
  5. 5
    To teem with; to be filled (with).

    "I must say the whole of Oxford has become most peculiar suddenly. Last night it was pullulating with women."

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  1. 6
    produce buds, branches, or germinate wordnet
  2. 7
    move in large numbers wordnet
  3. 8
    be teeming, be abuzz wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pullulātus, perfect passive participle of pullulō (“sprout forth”), from pullulus (“a young animal, a sprout”), diminutive of pullus.

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