ˈpəlyəˌlāt, usu -ād.+V intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin pullulatus, past participle of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus young of an animal, chick, sprout, diminutive of pullus young of an animal — more at foal
1.
a. : to send out shoots or show signs of growth : bud , germinate
b. : to breed rapidly : produce abundantly
his muse pullulates with dizzying speed — Victor Purcell
2.
a. : to increase rapidly : become abundant : multiply
in the course of the argument, the most enormous errors of fact … simply pullulate — George Saintsbury
b. : swarm , teem
the bleak ground pullulates with jackrabbits — A.J.Liebling
the pavements of hell pullulate with liars, thieves, murderers — Bruce Marshall