replantn.
/ˈriːplɑːnt/, /ˈriːplant/, U.S. /ˈriplænt/ 1. Agriculture and Horticulture.
a. A tree, shrub, crop plant, etc., that is planted to replace another. Also with the: such plants collectively.
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1842 T. J. Finnie in Accts. & Papers House of Commons 1847: 9 (Parl. Papers XLII) (1847) 178 The oldest cotton looks really beautiful; there are, however, so many replants in this field, that its appearance is very much injured.
1870 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1867–8 7 172 The Gophers..will continue to take the re-plants year after year.
1893 Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. (State of New Jersey) 373 When once set out right, it does not pay to replant, as the replant is never ready to dig with the first setting.
1922 Times 12 Oct. 21/3 The past season was so unfavourable that a considerable portion of the replant has not ripened for this year.
1946 W. W. Garner Production of Tobacco viii. 143 Late plants in the crop, such as replants, should be topped progressively lower in proportion to their delay in attaining the topping stage.
1999 Integrated Pest Managem. for Stone Fruits (Univ. Calif. Div. Agric. & Nat. Resources) (ed. 2) 37/1 Trees in hedgerows are frequently planted too densely to allow a replant adequate space to become established and grow well.
b. An instance of planting a replacement crop, tree, etc.; the practice of doing this.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [noun] > planting plants again
replanting1572
replant1875
1875 N. J. Moreira Agric. Instr. 53 If a replant be unavoidable, it is only necessary to burn the old plants and prepare the ground with the plough to receive the new.
1888 Second Biennial Rep. (State of Indiana Dept. Statistics) i. p. lxxviii On the subject of death and replant of fruit trees, the table for 1888 shows that the two are very nearly balanced.
1983 Soil & Tillage Res. 3 293 A week later, in a few plots a second replant was required.
2008 Delta Farm Press (Nexis) 9 May 16 Select Max's new label can help farmers control the remnants of that first corn crop in preparation for a replant.
2. Surgery and Dentistry.
a. A replanted body part, such as a tooth or a limb.
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1915 Items of Interest 37 34 He emphasizes the importance of having the replant ‘in perfect articulation’.
1967 Jrnl. Surg. Res. 7 370/1 This device affords freedom in dealing with the necessarily shorter length vessels of replants.
1989 R. R. Harris Dental Sci. in New Age (1992) ix. 290 A replant is an extracted or avulsed tooth placed back in its own socket.
2006 N.Y. Mag. 19 June 86/3 Many times you can lose replants to infection and vein blockage, but in the days following Arcenio's surgery, blood never failed to flow [to his reattached hands].
b. The operation of replanting a body part; an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > other dental procedures
remineralization1828
reattachment1846
articulation1849
aurification1881
root work1903
apicectomy1914
spatulation1939
fluoridation1951
fluoridization1951
splintage1956
splinting1960
replant1969
1969 Probe 10 165 (title) Replant after apicectomy.
1982 Gen. Hosp. Psychiatry 4 271/1 Christ is said to have performed the first replant when he replaced the ear of a Jew.
2007 Gorey (Irel.) Guardian (Nexis) 31 Oct. She underwent the surgery again in January and became the first patient to undergo a ‘replant’ at Birmingham Hospital.
Compounds
replant disease n. Agriculture and Botany disease affecting a young plant placed in soil previously occupied by another, typically a mature specimen of a closely related species whose soil-dwelling pathogens attack it; frequently with distinguishing word.
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1958 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 36 165 Peach replant disease decreases in severity as the interval increases in time between removal of the old orchard and the planting of new trees.
1966 B. M. Savory iii. 20 It would seem to be most unlikely that a nutrient deficiency or imbalance can be the primary cause of specific replant diseases.
1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. 68 You need to come outside the span of the old roots (about the same as the branches) to avoid ‘apple replant disease’.
2008 R. S. Jackson Wine Sci. iv. 192/2 Grapevine ‘replant disease’ may partially be another expression of this disease complex, although assorted bacteria and nematodes have also been implicated.
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replantv.
/ˌriːˈplɑːnt/, /ˌriːˈplant/, U.S. /riˈplænt/ 1. transitive. To place (a thing) firmly in or on the ground or another surface again.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > fix or establish in position > again
resettle1545
replant1550
re-establish1666
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War vii. iv. f. 180 Though the Athenyans hadde plongeors or dyuers that dyuedde for to cutt them [sc. great pieces of wood used as buttresses] vnder the water: yet neuerthelas aftere that they were wythdrawyn, the Syracusayns caused other to be replantedde.
1698 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1676–97 229 At last the Venetian Forces replanted their White Colours upon the Place.
1723 E. Stone tr. N. Bion Constr. & Principal Uses Math. Instruments iv. vi. 116 Having replanted the Staff A, place the Semi-circle, with its Foot, in the Place of the Staff B.
1830 A. Sutherland Achievem. Knights of Malta I. x. 298 His Holiness was received in his capital with shouts of joy; and the Grandmaster had the honour of replanting the standard of the church on its fame-hallowed walls.
1901 Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies 12 309 Private Julius Wagener,..who replanted our noble Palmetto banner on the ramparts.
2006 M. R. Mullane Riding Rockets ii. 10 We pulled it up, drove the car through, and replanted the post.
2.
a. transitive. To plant (a tree, shrub, seedling, etc.) again, typically in a new location.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] > replant plant
replant1572
1572 L. Mascall Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees iii. 15 When trees shalbe thus proined they shall bring great Cyons from their rootes, which shall be franke and good to replant.
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 8v A tree..newe replanted..brings forth fruite of farre more sweete and precious tast then others.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 511 All the danger or security of this tree, standeth vpon the choice of that only day wherein it is replanted.
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 33 The roote and cabbage being replanted in the spring.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 179 Plants which rise from Seed..should be taken up..and be replanted.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 33 Some of the..largest and best shaped bulbs should be replanted.
1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iii. iii. 1108 Autumn, or very early in spring, are the proper seasons for thinning where the trees are to be taken up by the root and replanted elsewhere.
1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 39 So it may remain, to be taken up and replanted every third or fourth year.
1915 Times 25 Sept. 9/5 Take up some of the outer runners with good fibrous roots and replant them carefully at once. Old plants with stocky roots will not move well.
1952 C. E. L. Phillips Small Garden vi. 53 Pricking out simply means lifting the seedlings from this nursery bed..and replanting them more widely somewhere else.
1999 M. Cezair-Thompson True Hist. Paradise xxxix. 226 She..uprooted a yellow allamanda that Paul had admired; she would replant it at his farmhouse.
b. intransitive. To carry out replanting; to plant an area of ground again.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant or replant [verb (intransitive)]
replant1572
set1690
to plant out1793
1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer ii, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 5 When the best time is to replant or remooue.
1615 Aduice to plant Tobacco in Eng. sig. B2v You must..replant as soone as you haue a stalke able to be set abrode.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 165 The considerable Charge you must be at to replant every Year.
1833 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. ix. 403 I have replanted with roses, oleanders, volcamerias, and geraniums.
1892 J. R. Dodge Rep. Div. Statistics U.S. Dept. Agric. 218 The stand is poor, caused by the cutworms; many will replant to get a stand.
1938 Times 14 Nov. 20/5 Excessive increase in taxation has caused owners to overcut, neglect to replant, and cling to their land hoping for better times.
1953 Sun (Baltimore) 15 May (B ed.) 5/5 In most areas succeeding crops called ratoons, are obtained from a single planting before it is necessary to plow up the cane roots and replant.
2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees xiv. 397 Sometimes they clear-fell entire areas, usually not too much at a time, and then replant.
c. transitive. To plant (an area of ground) again; to supply with new plants. Also in extended use.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] > replant plant > replant ground
replant1595
1595 A. Copley Loves Owle in Wits Fittes & Fancies sig. C3 Your garden I will faire replant, And set with flowres all aslant.
1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 10 Noah had so many yeares of his own life to bestow in repeopling and replanting the Earth.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 435 It is therefore advisable to mark..the hills in which they are, in order to dig them up and replant those spots.
1815 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 79 The grounds in this quarter must all be replanted.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch 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?
1910–11 P. D. Hahn in S. Playne Cape Colony 174 Many vineyards with Pontac, red and white Muscatel, Haanepot, and Frontignac have been replanted with Hermitage, Cabernet de Sauvignon, white French, and Green Grape.
1956 S. Haden-Guest et al. World Geogr. Forest Resources 286 Overcut mixed forests were usually replanted to less exacting conifers.
2002 Gardens Illustr. Sept. 18/1 Mary replanted a copse..with 40 semi-standard lime and beech trees.
3. transitive. To establish (a person, community, doctrine, etc.) again or in another place; to bring back, replace; to resettle. Frequently with in.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > re-establish
redressc1450
restablisha1475
restable1494
re-edify1511
refound?a1513
re-establish1550
reordain1579
replace1587
replant1588
refix1591
reinstitute1600
reimplace1611
reordinate1613
reinstate1616
restate1625
reassurea1711
re-erecta1711
re-estatea1945
1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia Ep. Ded. 5 The cheefe enterpriser..hath..continued the action by sending into the countrey againe, and replanting this last yeere a new Colony.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 198 I will..replant Henry in his former state.
1605 Winter in Gunp. Plot li b A Way..to replant againe the Catholicke Religion.
1643 R. Baillie Let. 18 Feb. (1841) II. 50 Mr. John Guthrie..could not be replanted in his old church.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xix. 221 They have not been able yet to root out the Gospel, since it was in these early Days replanted in the Kingdom.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxi. 333 The Homoousian standard, which had been shaken, but not overthrown, was more firmly replanted in all the churches of the west.
1837 G. Redford Script. Verif. vii. 435 Julian..made attempts to re-plant the Jews in their fathers' land.
1878 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 7 396 Aidan..replanted Christianity among the pagan Angles of Northumbria.
1951 B. K. Kuiper Church in Hist. xxxvii. 334/1 Congregationalism was permanently replanted in England when Henry Jacob..established a Congregational church in Southwark.
1987 P. Jenkins Mrs. Thatcher's Revol. (1988) iv. 66 Gibbon replanted the idea firmly in the modern mind. Every schoolchild knew about the bread and circuses.
4. transitive. Dentistry and Surgery. To reinsert (a tooth) so that it becomes reattached to the jaw; to reattach or replace (an excised or severed body part) at the original site. Cf. reimplant v.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > practise dentistry [verb (transitive)] > engraft teeth
replant1868
1868 Half-yearly Compend. Med. Sci. Jan. 111 (heading) Replanting teeth.
1880 J. W. White Teeth & Mouth x. 77 Even a tooth that has been dislodged..may be successfully replanted in its socket, and..will become firm by virtue of the re-attachment of the pericementum.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xiv. 358 Experimentally, a transplant which has been allowed to grow for a period is removed, and replanted in the same animal.
1976 Plastic & Reconstructive Surg. 58 708 We have replanted 11 digits and two hands, with only one failure (a digit).
1987 Today's Health Apr. 4/2 Teeth can often be replanted if done soon enough.
2005 J. E. Storch & J. Rice Reconstructive Plastic Surg. Nursing xxi. 331/1 Limbs, scalps, noses, male genitalia and ears have been replanted or revascularised.
Derivatives
ˌreˈplantable adj. rare
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Replantable, replantable.
1830 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 95 Neither these, nor the words Displantation, Replantable and Replantation, are in general use.
1993 Morning Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 Nov. Replantable trees are increasing in popularity.
ˌreˈplanted adj.
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1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 156 We weed up all the ill weeds that grow among good Seed, we take the same course with Straw-berries, Peas, and replanted Lettuce.
1738 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved ii. 35 Roots push with more Vigour, grow stronger, and stand in Need of less watering, than the replanted ones do.
1888 A. T. Marvin Olive 16 Those replanted trees will this year bear a crop.
1974 H. P. Hitchcock Orthodontics for Undergraduates xxviii. 480 Periapical lesion around a replanted tooth.
2008 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 23 Nov. 1 Many of the replanted trees had died.
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