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repullulate

verb /ɹɪˈpʌljʊleɪt/

  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.

    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

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry repullulate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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