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    сажать, садить, пересажать, пересадить

    My understanding is that сажать means "to plant" as in putting a plant or seeds into the ground. It is also my understanding that садить is a colloquial form of сажать. So, is it the case that пересажать means "to transplant" and that пересадить is a colloquial form of that word?
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    When used without prefixes, cажать and садить differ only stylistically. But when used with prefixes, they actually differ in their meanings:

    пересадить - here пере- means trans-, inter-
    1) to transplant
    2) to replant
    imperfective: пересаживать

    пересажать - here пере- means "over and over",
    1) to plant (several objects) one after other in sequence; to plant all of (several objects)
    2) to jail (several persons) in sequence; to jail all of (several persons)
    no imperfective

    пересажать can be further supplemented with the emphasis prefix по- (попересажать), having the meaning of an
    instant, sudden and/or inevitable action.

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    1) пересажать means "посадить всё/всех". Could refer to plants or criminals.
    Compare to: переловить, пересчитать, перечислить, перебить, ...

    2) transplant - пересаживать. Пересадить - perfective form.
    Compare to: переводить, переезжать, перемещать, ...

    2 different shades of meaning for пере- so to speak.
    "Невозможно передать смысл иностранной фразы, не разрушив при этом её первоначальную структуру."

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    Пересажать/пересадить with the meaning of jailing a group of people can also imply negative connotation of doing so illegally, typically for the purpose of getting rid of those people.

    "Этот новый политический лидер начал с того что пересажал всех своих противников" ~ "This new political leader started off by putting all of his opponents behind the bars." (to get rid of them)

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