[ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
(e.g: if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate)

- (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout
(e.g: he advised that seeds be sent in a vegetating condition)


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