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replant, v.|riːˈplɑːnt, -æ-|
[f. re- 5 a + plant v., perh. after F. replanter (1306) = Sp. replantar, It. ripiantare.]
1. trans. To plant (a tree, plant, etc.) again.
1575Fenton Gold. Epist. (1582) 14 A tree..newe replanted..bringeth foorth fruite of farre more sweete and pretious taste than others. 1601Holland Pliny I. 511 All the danger or security of this tree, standeth vpon the choice of that only day wherein it is replanted. 1660Sharrock Vegetables 33 The roote and cabbage being replanted in the spring. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 179 Plants which rise from Seed..should be taken up..and be replanted. 1763Mills Syst. Pract. Husb. IV. 33 Some of the..largest and best shaped bulbs should be replanted. 1856Delamer Fl. Gard. (1861) 40 So it may remain, to be taken up and replanted every third or fourth year.
b. transf. To plant (a thing or person) again; to re-establish, resettle, replace. Freq. const. in.
1587[see replanting vbl. n.]. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. iii. 198, I will..replant Henry in his former state. 1605Winter in Gunp. Plot li b, A Way..to replant againe the Catholicke Religion. 1643R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 50 Mr. John Guthrie..could not be replanted in his old church. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xix. 221 They have not been able yet to root out the Gospel, since it was in these early Days replanted in the Kingdom. 1837G. Redford Script. Verif. vii. 435 Julian..made attempts to re-plant the Jews in their fathers' land.
c. To engraft (teeth) again.
1870Anstie Practitioner July 45 The success..obtained by Mr. Coleman in replanting teeth..will be received with unquestionable satisfaction.
2. To plant (ground, etc.) again; to furnish with new plants (or inhabitants). Also transf.
1652H. L'Estrange Amer. no Jewes 10 Noah had so many yeares of his own life to bestow in repeopling and replanting the Earth. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. IV. 435 It is therefore advisable to mark..the hills in which they are, in order to dig them up and replant those spots. 1815Chron. in Ann. Reg. 79 The grounds in this quarter must all be replanted. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 235 Where a farm is to be deserted..why cannot it be partially re-planted by those who may have enjoyed its use..?
3. intr. To provide and set fresh plants.
1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 165 The considerable Charge you must be at to replant every Year.
Hence reˈplantable a. (Cotgr. 1611). |