repopulate

English

Etymology

re- +‎ populate

Verb

repopulate (third-person singular simple present repopulates, present participle repopulating, simple past and past participle repopulated)

1. To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
2. (transitive) To reintroduce a species into (an area).
3. (computing) To fill with data again; to refresh.

   to repopulate a grid

Derived terms

• repopulation

Translations

to breed among a group

• Italian: ripopolare

to reintroduce a species

• Catalan: repoblar (ca)
• Italian: ripopolare
• Spanish: repoblar (es)