Etymology

vegetate

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Today it means: To grow or sprout. Full definition →

Latin vegetātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromvegetātus
  2. English todayvegetate

Borrowed from Latin vegetātus, perfect passive participle of vegetō (“to enliven, to arouse”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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