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vegetate

American  
[vej-i-teyt] / ˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used without object)

vegetated, vegetating

  1. to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.

  2. to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing.

    to lie on the beach and vegetate.

  3. Pathology. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.

vegetate British  
/ ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

  1. to grow like a plant; sprout

  2. to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity

  3. pathol (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths

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Etymology

Origin of vegetate

1595–1605; < Latin vegetātus (past participle of vegetāre to quicken, enliven), equivalent to veget ( us ) lively (originally past participle of vegēre to give vigor) + -ātus -ate 1

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