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English Dictionary: stagnate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stagnate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stagnate v stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" Synonym(s): idle, laze, slug, stagnate Antonym(s): work
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[acr]g"n[amac]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stagnate \Stag"nate\, a. Stagnant. [Obs.] [bd]A stagnate mass of vapors.[b8] --Young.