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Webster 1913 Edition
Pullulate
Pul′lu-late
,Verb.
I.
[L.
pullulatus
, p. p. of pullulare
to sprout, from pullulus
a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus
. See pullet
.] To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
Warburton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pullulate
PUL'LULATE
,Verb.
I.
To germinate; to bud.
Definition 2024
pullulate
pullulate
English
Verb
pullulate (third-person singular simple present pullulates, present participle pullulating, simple past and past participle pullulated)
- To multiply rapidly.
- To germinate.
- To teem; to be filled (with).
- 1945, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
- I must say the whole of Oxford has become most peculiar suddenly. Last night it was pullulating with women.
- 1945, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Derived terms
Translations
to multiply rapidly