Germinate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 发芽; 发展
• ［英］ v. 发芽 ( to sprout or cause to sprout) ; 发展 ( to start developing or growing)
• ［记］ germ ( 幼芽) +inate -> 发芽;
• ［同］ 参考: germinal ( 萌芽的, 未成熟但有发展的) 派生词: germination ( n.发芽, 萌芽)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-nated; -nating)

• Etymology: Latin germinatus, past participle of germinare to sprout, from germin-, germen bud, germ
• Date: 1610
• transitive verb
  • to cause to sprout or develop
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to come into being ; evolve <before Western civilization began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
  • 2. to begin to grow ; sprout
• ? germination noun
• ? germinative adjective

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