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repullulated

repullulated is the simple past and past participle of repullulate.

Meaning of repullulate

Verb

repullulate (third-person singular simple present repullulates, present participle repullulating, simple past and past participle repullulated)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To bud or sprout again.
    • Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC
  2. (broadly) To come back to life.
    • But vanisht man, Like to a Lilly-lost, nere can, Nere can repullulate, or bring His dayes to see a second Spring.1648, Robert Herrick, “His Age, Dedicated to his Peculiar Friend, M. John Wickes, under the Name of Posthumus”, in Hesperides, or The Works Both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick
  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.1675, Alexander Ross, Πανσεβεια, or, A View of all Religions in the World etc, page 3
  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 times1832 November 24, M. Le Baron Dupuytren, “On Osseous Cysts, and Their Parietes”, in The Lancet, volume 1, number 482, page 260

Questions about repullulated

What is repullulated the simple past and past participle of?
Repullulated is the simple past and past participle of repullulate.

Words near repullulated in the dictionary

  1. repull
  2. repulled
  3. repulling
  4. repulls
  5. repullulate
  6. repullulated
  7. repullulates
  8. repullulating
  9. repullulation
  10. repullulations
  11. repullulative

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