germinate

[GerĀ·mi*nate]

To germinate is to grow or to develop. When a tiny seedling cracks through a seed casing and sprouts, it has germinated. The term is used for other things too, like when an idea germinates into a film or book.

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To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

Verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"

Verb
cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

Verb
work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"


v. i.
To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

v. t.
To cause to sprout.


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.

Germinate

Ger"mi*nate, v. t. To cause to sprout. Price (1610).

To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

To cause to sprout.

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