stagnate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈstæɡneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]stagnate (third-person singular simple present stagnates, present participle stagnating, simple past and past participle stagnated)
- To cease motion, activity, or progress:
- (of water, air, etc) To cease to flow or run.
- If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
- (of water, air, etc) To be or become foul from standing.
- Air stagnates in a closed room.
- 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.
- (of water, air, etc) To cease to flow or run.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to cease activity
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Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]stagnate
- inflection of stagnare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]stagnate f pl