Repullulate

//ɹɪˈpʌljʊleɪt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To bud or sprout again. archaic, intransitive
"Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field."
2
To come back to life. broadly
"But vanisht man, Like to a Lilly-lost, nere can, Nere can repullulate, or bring His dayes to see a second Spring."
3
To reappear.
"Thus is the Lord pleased to deal with us, he suffers Heresies to repullulate, that they who are appoved among us may be manifested."
4
To regrow or reemerge after having been removed.
"The materials of the cysts, when not entirely destroyed, repullulate with great facility, and have been known to be renewed to or three times"

Example

"Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repullulō, repullulātum, from pullulō. See pullulate.

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