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germinate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Germinate \Ger"mi*nate\, v. t. To cause to sprout. --Price (1610). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Germinate \Ger"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Germinated}; p. pr & vb n. {Germinating}.] [L. germinatus p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr germen. See {Germ}.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: germinate v : produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants [syn: {shoot}, {spud}, {pullulate}, {bourgeon}, {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]
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