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   Veg·e·tate

   /ˈvejəˌtāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way: "if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate"
   • 2. (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout: dated "he advised that seeds be sent in a vegetating condition"
   • ▪ cause plants to grow in or cover (a place): "the final task was to vegetate the area used to store the muck dredged from the pond"
   • 3. (of an abnormal growth) increase in size.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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