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Grammar : Verb
Spell : puhl-yuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌl yəˌleɪt



Definition of pullulate

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin pullulatus, past participle of pullulare "put forth, grow, sprout, shoot up, come forth," from pullulus, diminutive of pullus "young animal" (see foal (n.)). Related: Pullulated; pullulating.
  • verb teem
Example sentences :
  • The parties too, that already began to pullulate, were not better satisfied with the issue of the Champ de Mai.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II » by Fleury de Chaboulon.

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