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repropagate

repropagate verb: to propagate again or anew.

Verb

repropagate (third-person singular simple present repropagates, present participle repropagating, simple past and past participle repropagated)

  1. (intransitive) To propagate again or anew.
    • Here’s the tricky part: some of the garden’s orchids and aroids date back 100 years or more, but they have been divided or repropagated since, Ms. Falk said.2007 September 9, Michael Pollak, “Methuselah Plants”, in New York Times

Forms of repropagate

third-person singular presentrepropagates
present participlerepropagating
past participlerepropagated
pastrepropagated

Origin of repropagate

From re- + propagate.

Questions about repropagate

What does repropagate mean?
Repropagate means to propagate again or anew.
What part of speech is repropagate?
Repropagate is a verb.
What is the past tense of repropagate?
The past tense of repropagate is repropagated.

Words near repropagate in the dictionary

  1. reproof
  2. reproofed
  3. reproofing
  4. reproofings
  5. reproofs
  6. repropagate
  7. repropagated
  8. repropagates
  9. repropagating
  10. repropagation
  11. repropagations

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