"rewild" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rewilds [present, singular, third-person], rewilding [participle, present], rewilded [participle, past], rewilded [past]
Etymology: re- + wild Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|wild}} re- + wild Head templates: {{en-verb}} rewild (third-person singular simple present rewilds, present participle rewilding, simple past and past participle rewilded)
  1. (ecology) To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals that have become extirpated. Categories (topical): Ecology Derived forms: rewilder, rewilding Translations (to return an area to a wilder state): resilvestrar (Catalan), 再野化 (zàiyěhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), herwilderen (Dutch), villiinnyttää (Finnish), réensauvager (French), resilvestrar (Spanish), asilvestrar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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