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单词 reseminate
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reseminatev.

Brit. /riːˈsɛmᵻneɪt/, U.S. /riˈsɛməˌneɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin resēmināt-, resēmināre.
Etymology: < classical Latin resēmināt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of resēmināre to propagate again, reproduce < re- re- prefix + semināre seminate v.; in quots. 1646, 1866 after Ovid Metamorphoses 15. 392.
rare.
transitive (reflexive). To reproduce as from seed. Also: to inseminate again.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (reflexive)] > create again
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 134 Concerning its generation, that without all conjunction, it begets and reseminates it selfe. View more context for this quotation
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 446 One bird there is, himself reseminates, The Phœnix of Assyria [L. una est, quae reparet seque ipsa reseminet, ales:Assyrii phoenica vocant].
2009 Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers in yahoo.com (accessed 2 Feb. 2009) Snails have both male and female sex organs, when they mate, they store the sperm... To be able to keep reproducing, they reseminate themselves with the leftover sperm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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