Definitions for: Germinate

[v] produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants
[v] cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
[v] work out; as of a theory or an idea; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Ger"mi*nate, v. t.
To cause to sprout. --Price (1610).

Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, develop, evolve, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud

See Also: create by mental act, create mentally, grow

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