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Stagnate

Stagnate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stagnate? [v] be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" [v] cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" [v] cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" [v] stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stagnate: idle \| laze \| slug Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stagnate: See Also \| arse about \| arse around \| be \| bum about \| bum around \| change \| daydream \| frig around \| fuck off \| lie about \| lie around \| loaf \| loll \| loll around \| lounge about \| lounge around \| moon \| moon around \| moon on \| ride the bench \| warm the bench \| waste one's time Stagnate In Webster's Dictionary \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stagnated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stagnating}.] [L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See {Stank} a pool, and cf. {Stanch}, v. t.] 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room. 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. --Sir W. Scott. \Stag"nate\, a. Stagnant. [Obs.] ``A stagnate mass of vapors.'' --Young.

Stagnate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stagnate?

[v] be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[v] cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
[v] cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
[v] stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stagnate: idle | laze | slug

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Stagnate In Webster's Dictionary

\Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Stagnated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stagnating}.] [L. stagnatus, p.
p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a
piece of standing water. See {Stank} a pool, and cf.
{Stanch}, v. t.]
1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in
   the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by
   want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.

2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or
   inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.

         Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in
         vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.


\Stag"nate\, a.
Stagnant. [Obs.] ``A stagnate mass of vapors.'' --Young.

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