pullulate
[ puhl-yuh-leyt ]
/ ˈpʌl yəˌleɪt /
verb (used without object), pul·lu·lat·ed, pul·lu·lat·ing.
to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
to breed, produce, or create rapidly.
to increase rapidly; multiply.
to exist abundantly; swarm; teem.
to be produced as offspring.
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Origin of pullulate
1610–20; < Latin
pullulātus (past participle of
pullulāre to sprout), derivative of
pullulus a sprout, young animal, diminutive of
pullus; see
pullet
OTHER WORDS FROM pullulate
pul·lu·la·tion, nounWords nearby pullulate
pullman,
pullman kitchen,
pullorum disease,
pullout,
pullover,
pullulate,
pullus,
pulmo,
pulmo-,
pulmoaortic,
pulmon-
Example sentences from the Web for pullulate
The parties too, that already began to pullulate, were not better satisfied with the issue of the Champ de Mai.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II |Fleury de Chaboulon.
British Dictionary definitions for pullulate
pullulate
/ (ˈpʌljʊˌleɪt) /
verb (intr)
(of animals, etc) to breed rapidly or abundantly; teem; swarm
(of plants or plant parts) to sprout, bud, or germinate
Derived forms of pullulate
pullulation, nounWord Origin for pullulate
C17: from Latin
pullulāre to sprout, from
pullulus a baby animal, from
pullus young animal