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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.
[L. pullulo, from pullus, a shoot.]
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)

  1. To multiply rapidly.
  2. To germinate.
  3. 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.

Derived terms

Translations


Italian

Verb

pullulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of pullulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of pullulare
  3. feminine plural of pullulato

Latin

Verb

pullulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of pullulō