restagnate

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verb

To stagnate; to cease to flow.

OriginLatin restagnare →
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Meanings

verbrestagnate (third-person singular simple present restagnates, present participle restagnating, simple past and past participle restagnated)

present singular third person restagnates · participle present restagnating · participle past restagnated · past restagnated

  1. obsoleteTo stagnate; to cease to flow.

    the Bloud returns thick, and is apt to restagnate, and usually increaseth the Veins at those times to fix or seven

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinrestagnare
  2. Englishrestagnate

Latin restagnare to overflow.

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APA

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Chicago

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