stagnate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæɡneɪt/

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Verb

stagnate (third-person singular simple present stagnates, present participle stagnating, simple past and past participle stagnated)

1. To cease motion, activity, or progress:
   1. (of water, air, etc) To cease to flow or run.

      If the water stagnates, algae will grow.

   2. (of water, air, etc) To be or become foul from standing.

      Air stagnates in a closed room.

   3. To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle.
      • 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock:

        Ready-witted tenderness […] never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.

      • 2003, Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom, →ISBN, page 434:

        Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating, thus promoting mental growth into old age.

Derived terms

• stagnant
• stagnation

Translations

to cease activity

• Bulgarian: бездействам (bezdejstvam), застоявам се (zastojavam se)
• French: stagner (fr)
• Galician: estiñar (gl), estañar (gl)
• German: stagnieren (de)
• Greek: λιμνάζω (el) (limnázo)
• Hungarian: stagnál (hu), pang (hu), megreked (hu)
• Italian: ristagnare, fermare (it)
• Macedonian: застојува (zastojuva), стагнира (stagnira)
• Malayalam: കെട്ടിക്കിടക്കുക (keṭṭikkiṭakkuka)
• Maori: whakamārari
• Persian: راکد شدن (râked šodan)
• Portuguese: estagnar (pt)
• Spanish: estancar (es)
• Swedish: stagnera (sv)
• Tày: ắng, ử

Anagrams

• attagens

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

stagnate

1. inflection of stagnare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

stagnate f pl

1. feminine plural of stagnato

Anagrams

• stangate