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stag⋅nate

  [stag-neyt] verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
Use stagnation in a Sentence
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.
Origin:
1660–70; < L stāgnātus (ptp. of stāgnāre), equiv. to stāgn(um) pool of standing water + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
stag⋅na⋅tion, noun
stag⋅na⋅to⋅ry  [stag-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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stag·nate   (stāg'nāt')   
intr.v.   stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates
To be or become stagnant.

[Latin stāgnāre, stāgnāt-, from stāgnum, swamp.]
stag·na'tion n.
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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).
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Financial Dictionary

Stagnation

A period of little or no growth in the economy. Economic growth of less than 2-3% is considered stagnation. Sometimes used to describe low trading volume or inactive trading in securities.

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A good example of stagnation was the U.S. economy in the 1970s.

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Medical Dictionary

stagnation stag·na·tion (stāg-nā'shən)
n.

  1. The retardation or cessation of the flow of blood in the blood vessels, as in passive congestion.

  2. The accumulation of a normally circulating fluid in a part or an organ.

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