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stagnate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stagnate \Stag"nate\, a. Stagnant. [Obs.] ``A stagnate mass of vapors.'' --Young. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stagnated}; p. pr & vb n. {Stagnating}.] [L. stagnatus p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See {Stank} a pool, and cf {Stanch}, v. t.] 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence to become impure or foul by want of motion; as air stagnates in a close room 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as commerce stagnates; business stagnates. Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stagnate v 1: be stagnant, as of water 2: spent time in idleness [syn: {idle}, {laze}] [ant: {work}]
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