vegetate
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ɪˌteɪt verb (used without object), veg·e·tat·ed, veg·e·tat·ing.
1.
to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
2.
to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing: to lie on the beach and vegetate.
3.
Pathology. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin vegetātus (past participle of vegetāre to quicken, enliven), equivalent to veget(us) lively (orig. past participle of vegēre to give vigor) + -ātus -ate1
1595–1605; < Latin vegetātus (past participle of vegetāre to quicken, enliven), equivalent to veget(us) lively (orig. past participle of vegēre to give vigor) + -ātus -ate1
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to grow like a plant; sprout |
| 2. | to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity |
| 3. | pathol (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths |
| [C17: from Late Latin vegetāre to invigorate] | |
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Word Origin & History
vegetate
1605, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from vegetation, or from L. vegetatus, pp. of vegetare "to enliven, to animate" (see vegetable). Sense of "to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740.
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Example sentences
Use of greenhouse propagated wetland plants versus live transplants to vegetate constructed or created wetlands.
In effect, they were forced to vegetate or to do something different.
Re-vegetate closed roads with plant species beneficial to sage grouse.
He said that after the area is left to re-vegetate, there will be no need to go back in the area.
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