resoil

American

[ree-soil] / riˈsɔɪl /

verb (used with object)

to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.

Etymology

Origin of resoil

First recorded in 1585–95; re- + soil ¹

Example Sentences

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As some of the granite on the Rockies disintegrates slowly, it will probably require several hundred years for Nature to resoil and reforest some of these fire-scarred places.

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