repopulate

repopulate

English

Etymology

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English populate
English repopulate

    From re- + populate.

    Verb

    repopulate (third-person singular simple present repopulates, present participle repopulating, simple past and past participle repopulated)

    1. To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
    2. (transitive) To reintroduce a species into (an area).
    3. (computing) To fill with data again; to refresh.
      to repopulate a grid

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