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stagnate
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Stagnate
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stag·nate
/
ˈstæg
neɪt
/
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[
stag
-neyt
]
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verb,
stag·nat·ed,
stag·nat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
2.
to be or become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
3.
to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing:
My mind is stagnating from too much TV.
4.
to be or become sluggish and dull:
When the leading lady left, the show started to stagnate.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make
stagnant
.
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Origin:
1660–70;
<
Latin
stāgnātus
(past participle of
stāgnāre
), equivalent to
stāgn
(
um
) pool of standing water +
-ātus
-ate
1
Related forms
stag·na·tion,
noun
stag·na·to·ry
/
ˈstæg
nəˌtɔr
i
,
-ˌtoʊr
i
/
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[
stag
-n
uh
-tawr-ee
,
-tohr-ee
]
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,
adjective
un·stag·nat·ing,
adjective
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stagnate
(stæɡˈneɪt, ˈstæɡˌneɪt)
—
vb
(
intr
) to be or to become stagnant
stag'nation
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
stagnate
1665 (implied in stagnation), from L. stagnatum, stagnatus, pp. of stagnare "to stagnate," from stagnatum "standing water," from PIE base *stag- "to seep drip" (cf. Gk. stazein "to ooze, drip;" see
stalactite
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Yet it's what separates the successful and well-paid from those who
stagnate
and remain undervalued.
Rely on closed, heavily regulated systems and
stagnate
.
Without strong transportation arteries, economies
stagnate
.
Without this position, parking would be difficult to find, which could
stagnate
business.
Water gardens can become major mosquito producers if they are allowed to
stagnate
.
Direct evaporative air coolers with sprays or misters used as humidifiers include sumps, which may
stagnate
when not in use.
But unrealistic overpricing in the current environment, he says, means properties
stagnate
.
If the system settles into harmony and equilibrium, it will eventually
stagnate
and die.
The problem is that the economy will
stagnate
without a functioning banking system.
As lower-paid workers have seen their incomes
stagnate
or even fall, the highest-paid workers have gotten steep raises.
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