Hypertext Webster Gateway: "germinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Germinate \Ger"mi*nate\, v. t.
To cause to sprout. --Price (1610).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Germinate \Ger"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Germinated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Germinating}.] [L. germinatus, p. p. of
germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See {Germ}.]
To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant
or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
germinate
v : produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants [syn: {shoot},
{spud}, {pullulate}, {bourgeon}, {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]
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