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ger⋅mi⋅nate

  [jur-muh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to begin to grow or develop.
2. Botany.
a. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
b. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
3. to come into existence; begin.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to develop; produce.
5. to cause to come into existence; create.
Origin:
1600–10; < L germinātus (ptp. of germināre to sprout, bud), equiv. to germin- (see germinal ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ger⋅mi⋅na⋅ble  [jur-muh-nuh-buhl] , adjective
ger⋅mi⋅na⋅tion, noun
ger⋅mi⋅na⋅tor, noun
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v.   ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing, ger·mi·nates

v.   tr.
To cause to sprout or grow.
v.   intr.
  1. To begin to sprout or grow.
  2. To come into existence: An idea germinated in his mind.

[Latin germināre, germināt-, to sprout, from germen, germin-, sprout, bud; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
ger'mi·na'tion n., ger'mi·na'tive adj., ger'mi·na'tor n.
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