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   vegetate

   /ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way: "if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television 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"

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

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   What does vegetate mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! VEGETATE definition: 1. to live in a way that has no physical and mental activity: 2. to live in a way that has no…. Learn more.

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   What does Vegetus mean?

   • Send us feedback about these examples. borrowed from Late Latin vegetātus, past participle of vegetāre "to live, grow," going back to Latin, "to impart energy to, invigorate," verbal derivative of vegetus "vigorous, active, lively," probably, if from *vegitus, verbal adjective of vegēre "to give vigor to, enliven" — more at wake entry 1

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   What is a vegetated space?

   • Open, vegetated space like this helps water evaporate throughout the day. Others may be composed of growing modules or vegetated mats. Also in a few of the slides one cannot really see anything apart from highly vegetated hills in which one has to take the author's explanation without question.

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   Why do we vegetate in our own homes?

   • All just vegetate and seem lost to the world. Television has given us the perfect excuse to vegetate in our own homes without speaking. The refugees are condemned to vegetate in poverty, usually without employment, while their children grow up illiterate. She invented pollen so that the bare land could be vegetated for the animals to live upon.

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   When vegetables vegetate, they proliferate or spread really quickly. When a person vegetates, he remains completely idle. A person in a vegetative state is not able to function, only to vegetate or remain completely inactive.

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