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Definitions for Vegetate

[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.
[4] to grow like a plant; sprout
[5] to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity
[6] pathol (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths

Words related to Vegetate

loaf, hibernate, decay, weaken, idle, exist, deteriorate, stagnate, languish, shoot, blossom, spring, swell, burgeon, germinate, bloom, bud

Words nearby Vegetate

vegetably, vegetal, vegetal pole, vegetarian, vegetarianism, vegetate, vegetation, vegetative, vegetative bacteriophage, vegetative endocarditis, vegetative reproduction

Origin of Vegetate

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

Word origin for Vegetate

C17: from Late Latin vegetāre to invigorate

Synonyms for Vegetate

decay, deteriorate, exist, hibernate, idle, languish, loaf, stagnate, weaken, be inert, go to pot, go to seed, pass time