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stagnate

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAGNATE

v.i.[L.] 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; air stagnates in a close room.
2. To cease to move; not to be agitated. Water that stagnates in a pond or reservoir, soon becomes foul.
3. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAGNATE

Stag "nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated; p. pr. & vb. n.Stagnating.] Etym: [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.

 

STAGNATE

STAGNATE Stag "nate, a.

 

Defn: Stagnant. [Obs. ] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stagnate

stag nate |ˈstagˌnāt ˈstæɡˌneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of water or air ) cease to flow or move; become stagnant. • cease developing; become inactive or dull: teaching can easily stagnate into a set of routines | (as adj. stagnating ) : stagnating consumer confidence. DERIVATIVES stag na tion |stagˈnāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnat- ‘settled as a still pool, ’ from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

stagnate

stagnate |stagˈneɪt, ˈstagneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of water or air ) cease to flow or move; become stagnant. • cease developing; become inactive or dull: teaching can easily stagnate into a set of routines | (as adj. stagnating ) : stagnating consumer confidence. DERIVATIVES stagnation noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnat- ‘settled as a still pool ’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stagnate

stagnate verb 1 obstructions allow water to stagnate: stop flowing, become stagnant, become trapped; stand; become foul, become stale; fester, putrefy. ANTONYMS flow. 2 exports stagnated: languish, decline, deteriorate, fall, become stagnant, do nothing, stand still, tread water, be sluggish. ANTONYMS boom.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stagnate

stagnate verb 1 there should be no points in the system where cleaning solutions can stagnate: stop flowing, become stagnant, become trapped; stand; become foul, become stale; fester, putrefy. ANTONYMS flow. 2 imports rose while exports stagnated: become stagnant, do nothing, stand still, be sluggish, lie dormant, be inert, languish, decline, deteriorate, fall. ANTONYMS rise, boom.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stagnate

stag nate /stǽɡneɪt |--́ /動詞 自動詞 〈仕事 社会の発展が 〉止まる, 停滞する, 活気を失う, だれる .