revegetate

American  

[ree-vej-i-teyt] / riˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used with object)

revegetated, revegetating

1. to cause vegetation to grow again on.

   to revegetate eroded lands.

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verb (used without object)

revegetated, revegetating

1. to grow again, as plants.

revegetate British  

/ riːˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. (intr) (of plants) to grow again and produce new tissue, esp to produce new growth on bare ground

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• revegetation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of revegetate

First recorded in 1760–70; re- + vegetate

Example Sentences

To figure out how to revegetate this unpromising ground, Olympic National Park hired then–36-year-old Chenoweth.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

It sold those to owners unaware of their obligation to revegetate the land, now without access to water.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2021

Several years ago, he worked with local land managers to revegetate it with native plants favored by deer and elk.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2018

Most difficult to revegetate are the cobbly, gravel flats of the lake bed farther upstream, in the former Lake Mills, a land where many a planted Douglas fir and other seedlings have gone to die.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2014

I am told indeed, that both revegetate, though I trust neither tree nor bird can fail to experience fatal effects one day or other in consequence of so unnatural an operation.

From Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I by Piozzi, Hester Lynch