pullulate
[ puhl-yuh-leyt ]
/ ˈpʌl yəˌleɪt /
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If you stop and smell the roses, then your awareness of the things around you could pullulate.
MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COMverb (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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Nearby words
pullman, pullman kitchen, pullorum disease, pullout, pullover, pullulate, pullus, pulmo, pulmo-, pulmoaortic, pulmon-
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
Related forms
pul·lu·la·tion, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples 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
pullulation, nounWord Origin for pullulate
C17: from Latin pullulāre to sprout, from pullulus a baby animal, from pullus young animal
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