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replant

[ ree-plant, -plahnt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to plant again.
  2. to cover again with plants, sow with seeds, etc.:

    After the drought, we had to replant the south lawn.

  3. to transfer (a plant) from one soil or container to another.
  4. Surgery. to reattach, as a severed arm, finger, or toe, especially with the use of microsurgery to reconnect nerves and blood vessels.


replant

/ riːˈplɑːnt /

verb

  1. to plant again

    she replanted the bulbs that the dog had dug up

  2. to reattach (a severed limb or part) by surgery


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Other Words From

  • re·plan·ta·tion [ree-plan-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of replant1

First recorded in 1565–75; re- + plant

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Example Sentences

For this there is no remedy, except to plant and replant, until the tobacco itself kills the worm.

Here they lie; and the priests, if they can, may replant them.

The wheat was all killed and it was too late in the season to replant had they the means of doing so.

To-day I replant the same seeds as above after fourteen days' immersion.

At intervals of four years it will be necessary to lift, divide, and replant the roots on fresh ground.

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