repopulate

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verb

To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.

“to repopulate a grid”

OriginEnglish populate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person repopulates · participle present repopulating · participle past repopulated · past repopulated

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

    to repopulate a grid

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishpopulate
  7. Englishrepopulate

From re- + populate.

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Translations

Catalan repoblar
  • repoblarto reintroduce a species
Italian ripopolare, ripopolare
  • ripopolareto breed among a group
  • ripopolareto reintroduce a species
Spanish repoblar
  • repoblarto reintroduce a species
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repopulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repopulate.

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