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Word entry · 9 letters

germinate

Best crossword clue

"Begin to sprout"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeegimnrtStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. produce buds, branches, or germinate

Word origin

From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).

Used in a sentence

  • the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate
  • These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

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