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rewild

[ ree-wahyld ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to introduce (animals or plants) to their original habitat or to a habitat similar to their natural one:

    proposals to rewild elephants to the American plains.

  2. to return (land) to a more natural state:

    rewilding an unpopulated island for use as an animal preserve.



verb (used without object)

  1. to introduce living organisms to a habitat.
  2. to return land to a less developed state.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rewild1

First recorded in 1980–85; re- + wild

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