repullulate

UK /ɹɪˈpʌljʊleɪt/ US /ɹɪˈpʌljʊleɪt/
verb 4

Definitions

verb

1

To bud or sprout again.

Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.

The Arbutus, doubtful, and so are Bays; but some will escape, and most of them repullulate and spring afresh , if cut down near the Earth, at the latter End of the Month.

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.

When the Dragon, or Beast actuated by the Dragon, had received a mortal Wound by Constantine, and the Hydra's Head was cut off at ancient Rome, it did, in Process of Time, repullulate in Constantinople, so that the Beast , which had a Wound in his primary, principal, and most capital Head, (if I may be allowed so to speak) did yet survive and put forth another very eminent Head and Horns, now of a long Time visible, and terrible enough to the Beholders, in the Turkish Empire.

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.

As the Poets write of that many-headed-Monster Hydra, that Hercules encounter'd with; that still the more Heads he cut off, the more did repullulate, and spring up in their rooms: So we fhall find it true of that uncouth monster of Sin that is bred in our Natures, the more Corruptions and Temptations we vanquish and subdue, the more will multiply upon us still.

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

They do not infiltrate, hence are not malignant, but they repullulate in a most stubborn manner if any portion is left.

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