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germinate

ger·mi·nate

UK/ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/ US/ˈdʒɜrmʌˌneɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

produce buds, branches, or germinate

  • “the potatoes sprouted”
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2.

work out

  • “We have developed a new theory of evolution”
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3.

cause to grow or sprout

  • “the plentiful rain germinated my plants”

Origin

From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).

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