pullulate
verb /ˈpʌljəleɪt/
/ˈpʌljəleɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pullulate | /ˈpʌljəleɪt/ /ˈpʌljəleɪt/ |
| he / she / it pullulates | /ˈpʌljəleɪts/ /ˈpʌljəleɪts/ |
| past simple pullulated | /ˈpʌljəleɪtɪd/ /ˈpʌljəleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle pullulated | /ˈpʌljəleɪtɪd/ /ˈpʌljəleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form pullulating | /ˈpʌljəleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpʌljəleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to breed (= produce young) or spread quickly
- [intransitive] to be full of life or activity
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin pullulat- ‘sprouted’, from the verb pullulare, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus ‘young animal’.