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germinate

[ jur-muh-neyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing.

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

, ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing.

germinate

/ ˈdʒɜːmɪˌneɪt /

to cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism
to grow or cause to grow; develop
to come or bring into existence; originate
the idea germinated with me

1600–10; < Latin germinātus (past participle of germināre to sprout, bud), equivalent to germin- ( germinal ) + -ātus -ate ¹

C17: from Latin germināre to sprout; see germ

Texas may be a testing ground, but it is in Silicon Valley that ideas germinate and incubate.

But without a reasonable expectation that security will materialize, better governance will not germinate.

That sent to Sind, though said to have been carefully sown, also failed to germinate.

More thinking, and a greater experience of life, may cause him to germinate agreeably in a few years.

Does anyone know for sure how to get pawpaw seed to germinate?

This is a seed of such force and vitality, that it does not ask our leave to germinate.

The spores of a heartwood-inhabiting fungus cannot germinate and thrive unless they fall upon the heartwood of the tree.

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