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sporulate, v.|ˈspɒrjʊleɪt| [f. as prec. + -ate3.] 1. trans. To convert into spores.
1885Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 854/1 A part of the protoplasm is not sporulated but forms a capillitium. 2. intr. To form spores or sporules.
1891in Cent. Dict. 1897Nature 21 Oct. 601/1 In a cell about to sporulate the nucleus is found in the centre of the cell. 1898Manson Trop. Diseases i. 16 The non-flagellated plasmodium..sporulates in the human blood-corpuscle. Hence ˈsporulated, ˈsporulating ppl. adjs.
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 749 The breaking up of the sporulating parasite. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases iii. 79 The breaking down of the sporulated plasmodium. |