Verb

(en verb)

To sow seeds again; to resow or replant.

When the birds ate the seeds he had planted, the farmer was forced to reseed the field.

Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow.

The marigolds had reseeded themselves in the flower box, so he didn't have to buy new ones this year.

(computing) To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results.

The game reseeded its random number algorithm with a time-based value each time the game was restarted.

Verb

To feed again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.

* {{quote-book, 1997, David M. Garner, chapter=Psychoeducational principles in treatment, Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed., editors=Garner & Garfinkel citation

, passage=The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.}}