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"text": "When the birds ate the seeds he had planted, the farmer was forced to reseed the field."
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"To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again."
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"text": "The marigolds had reseeded themselves in the flower box, so he didn't have to buy new ones this year."
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"Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow."
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"text": "The game reseeded its random number algorithm with a time-based value each time the game was restarted."
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"To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results."
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"(computing) To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again."
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