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germinate

[ jur-muh-neyt ]

verb (used without object)

germinated, germinating.
  1. to begin to grow or develop.
  2. Botany.
    1. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
    2. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
  3. to come into existence; begin.


verb (used with object)

germinated, germinating.
  1. to cause to develop; produce.
  2. to cause to come into existence; create.

germinate

/ ˈɜːɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. to cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism
  2. to grow or cause to grow; develop
  3. to come or bring into existence; originate

    the idea germinated with me

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲ, adjective
  • ˌˈԲپDz, noun
  • ˈˌԲٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··Բ· [jur, -m, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • m·ԲtDz noun
  • m·Բtǰ noun
  • ԴDz·m·ԲiԲ adjective
  • ԴDzg··ԲtDz noun
  • ·m·Բٱ verb regerminated regerminating
  • g··ԲtDz noun
  • ܲ·m·Բe adjective
  • ܲ·m·ԲiԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of germinate1

1600–10; < Latin ٳܲ (past participle of to sprout, bud), equivalent to germin- ( germinal ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of germinate1

C17: from Latin to sprout; see germ
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Example Sentences

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Boxes full of fresh onions in the courtyard have now germinated.

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“I’m very interested in committing myself to helping raw milk emerge as a constructive, high standards, healthy, wonderful, germinating, delicious food.”

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Mr Biddulph said now they are "recognised as malting ovens, used to heat partially germinated grain to produce malt".

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When I was here in March covering Mr Gething’s victory, the seeds of his political demise were germinating before our eyes.

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Yet even though they’ve held a raft of public hearings and workshops on potential new laws and regulations, another plan is germinating behind closed doors.

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