Repopulate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
- 2 To reintroduce a species into (an area). transitive
- 3 To fill with data again; to refresh.
"to repopulate a grid"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Can we repopulate an area after a bushfire?"
Etymology
From re- + populate.