revegetate

American  

[ree-vej-i-teyt] / riˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used with object)

revegetated, revegetating

1. to cause vegetation to grow again on.

   to revegetate eroded lands.

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verb (used without object)

revegetated, revegetating

1. to grow again, as plants.

revegetate British  

/ riːˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. (intr) (of plants) to grow again and produce new tissue, esp to produce new growth on bare ground

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Other Word Forms

• revegetation noun

Etymology

Origin of revegetate

First recorded in 1760–70; re- + vegetate

Example Sentences

To figure out how to revegetate this unpromising ground, Olympic National Park hired then–36-year-old Chenoweth.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

It sold those to owners unaware of their obligation to revegetate the land, now without access to water.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2021

But as homeowners and property managers replace their water-hungry turf, increasingly many are finding that the moment is ripe to revegetate — paying attention not only to water, but to nature.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2015

Most difficult to revegetate are the cobbly, gravel flats of the lake bed farther upstream, in the former Lake Mills, a land where many a planted Douglas fir and other seedlings have gone to die.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2014

This law required each company to obtain a permit from the state to operate and required that each company revegetate an area each year equal to 101% of the area they had mined.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association