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Meaning of 'germinate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Germinate [ v. i.]
- To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
2 . Germinate [ v. t.]
- To cause to sprout.

Meaning of 'germinate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . germinate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to grow or sprout
Example in sentence:
  • the plentiful rain germinated my plants
Meaning (2):
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example in sentence:
  • the potatoes sprouted
Meaning (3):
- work out
Example in sentence:
  • We have developed a new theory of evolution

Nearby Words:

gerah geraniaceous geraniine geranine geranium gerant gerbe gerbil gerbille gerboa

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