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spor·u·late

 (spôr′yə-lāt′)
intr.v. spor·u·lat·ed, spor·u·lat·ing, spor·u·lates
To produce or release spores.

[From New Latin sporula, small spore, diminutive of spora, spore, from Greek sporā, seed; see spore.]

spor′u·la′tion n.
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sporulate

(ˈspɒrjʊˌleɪt)
vb
(Biology) (intr) to produce spores, esp by multiple fission
ˌsporuˈlation n
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sporulate


Past participle: sporulated
Gerund: sporulating

Imperative
sporulate
sporulate
Present
I sporulate
you sporulate
he/she/it sporulates
we sporulate
you sporulate
they sporulate
Preterite
I sporulated
you sporulated
he/she/it sporulated
we sporulated
you sporulated
they sporulated
Present Continuous
I am sporulating
you are sporulating
he/she/it is sporulating
we are sporulating
you are sporulating
they are sporulating
Present Perfect
I have sporulated
you have sporulated
he/she/it has sporulated
we have sporulated
you have sporulated
they have sporulated
Past Continuous
I was sporulating
you were sporulating
he/she/it was sporulating
we were sporulating
you were sporulating
they were sporulating
Past Perfect
I had sporulated
you had sporulated
he/she/it had sporulated
we had sporulated
you had sporulated
they had sporulated
Future
I will sporulate
you will sporulate
he/she/it will sporulate
we will sporulate
you will sporulate
they will sporulate
Future Perfect
I will have sporulated
you will have sporulated
he/she/it will have sporulated
we will have sporulated
you will have sporulated
they will have sporulated
Future Continuous
I will be sporulating
you will be sporulating
he/she/it will be sporulating
we will be sporulating
you will be sporulating
they will be sporulating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sporulating
you have been sporulating
he/she/it has been sporulating
we have been sporulating
you have been sporulating
they have been sporulating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sporulating
you will have been sporulating
he/she/it will have been sporulating
we will have been sporulating
you will have been sporulating
they will have been sporulating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sporulating
you had been sporulating
he/she/it had been sporulating
we had been sporulating
you had been sporulating
they had been sporulating
Conditional
I would sporulate
you would sporulate
he/she/it would sporulate
we would sporulate
you would sporulate
they would sporulate
Past Conditional
I would have sporulated
you would have sporulated
he/she/it would have sporulated
we would have sporulated
you would have sporulated
they would have sporulated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.sporulate - produce spores; "plants sporulate"
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
sporulate - convert into spores
produce, bring forth - bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"
2.sporulate - convert into spores
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
sporulate - produce spores; "plants sporulate"
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"This fungus becomes a danger to the whole colony if even one ant sporulates with it, so the ants have formulated an effective way to deal with it: kill their fatally infected colleagues."
australis sporulates in abundance on parts that have been fallen for less than a year, and thus it must be suspected that C.