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Etymology

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From re- +‎ populate.

Verb

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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

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