stagnate
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stagnate
- /ˈstæɡneɪt/
Rhymes with -æɡneɪt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).
verb stagnates · stagnating · stagnated
- To cease to flow or run. If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
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To be or become foul from standing.
Air stagnates in a closed room.
Similar: stand
- To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle. Ready-witted tenderness […] never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
- To stop the flowing or running of These poor people cannot go to mountains in the later summer and the early autumn to escape the miasm, and no legislative body has any moral right by undertaking improvements, to stagnate the river marshes.
- To stop the development, advancement, or change of; to make idle. The myths and values of history have determined our consciousness, have destroyed our wholeness, Mind, experienced as separate from and superior to the body has all but closed our senses and ultimately stagnated the mind.
adjective
- Stagnant.
Translations
Every language
verb (intransitive) to cease activity
| Español | estancarse |
|---|---|
| Português | estagnar |
| Français | stagner |
| Deutsch | stagnieren |
| Italiano | ristagnare, fermare |
| Ελληνικά | λιμνάζω limnázo |
verb (transitive)
| Español | estancar |
|---|
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