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revegetate

revegetate verb: to grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).

Verb

revegetate (third-person singular simple present revegetates, present participle revegetating, simple past and past participle revegetated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).
    • Forsyth's Power real or imaginary of healing wounded Plants, and making them revegetate is a strange Thing:—more strange than true I fancy […].1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
  2. (transitive) To produce new vegetation on (a barren ground or area); to colonize (barren ground).
  3. (intransitive) To become recolonized by plants.

Forms of revegetate

third-person singular presentrevegetates
present participlerevegetating
past participlerevegetated
pastrevegetated

Origin of revegetate

From re- + vegetate.

Questions about revegetate

What does revegetate mean?
Revegetate means to grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).
What part of speech is revegetate?
Revegetate is a verb.
What is the past tense of revegetate?
The past tense of revegetate is revegetated.

Words near revegetate in the dictionary

  1. revector
  2. revectored
  3. revectoring
  4. revectors
  5. revefenacin
  6. revegetate
  7. revegetated
  8. revegetates
  9. revegetating
  10. revegetation
  11. revegetations

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