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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pop-yuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt

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Définition of repopulate

Origin :
  • 1590s, from re- + populate (v.). Related: Repopulated; repopulating.
  • As in reproduce : verb make something new; give birth
Example sentences :
  • She looks as though she was made to repopulate a desert unaided.
  • Extract from : « The Dangerous Age » by Karin Michalis
  • They have been known to repopulate their territories after an epidemic, or at least after the destruction of their Aphides.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • By Sunday he had 1400 men with whom to quiet the panic and restore peace and repopulate the deserted country.
  • Extract from : « The Last American Frontier » by Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
  • At Pemaquid Point he laid out the plan of a city which he divided into lots, inviting settlers to repopulate the country.
  • Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast » by Samuel Adams Drake
  • Set me upon a coral atoll with that volume, I will repopulate the world with dictionaries, and beget lusty tomes.
  • Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley
  • They were the survivors, each of a score of their fellows not so cautious, themselves fit to repopulate the hillside.
  • Extract from : « The Little Lady of the Big House » by Jack London
  • They obeyed the oracle and threw stones behind them from which sprang men and women to repopulate the earth.
  • Extract from : « Selections From American Poetry » by Various

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