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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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