vegetate

[ vej-i-teyt ]
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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.

  1. Pathology. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.

Origin of vegetate

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1595–1605; <Latin vegetātus (past participle of vegetāre to quicken, enliven), equivalent to veget(us) lively (originally past participle of vegēre to give vigor) + -ātus-ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for vegetate

vegetate

/ (ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt) /


verb(intr)
  1. to grow like a plant; sprout

  2. to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity

  1. pathol (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths

Origin of vegetate

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C17: from Late Latin vegetāre to invigorate

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