sporulatev.
/ˈspɒrjʊleɪt/ 1. transitive. To convert into spores.
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1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 854/1 A part of the protoplasm is not sporulated but forms a capillitium.
2. intransitive. To form spores or sporules.
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sporulate1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1897 Nature 21 Oct. 601/1 In a cell about to sporulate the nucleus is found in the centre of the cell.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. i. 16 The non-flagellated plasmodium..sporulates in the human blood-corpuscle.
Derivatives
ˈsporulated adj.
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sporular1819
zoosporous1845
zoosporic1854
polysporous1858
polyspored1882
sporulating1897
sporulated1898
polyzoic1901
zygosporic1906
polyspore1959
propagular1967
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. iii. 79 The breaking down of the sporulated plasmodium.
ˈsporulating adj.
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formalc1400
sporular1819
zoosporous1845
zoosporic1854
polysporous1858
polyspored1882
sporulating1897
sporulated1898
polyzoic1901
zygosporic1906
polyspore1959
propagular1967
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 749 The breaking up of the sporulating parasite.
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