vegetate

Borrowed from Latin vegetatum, past participle of vegeto (“I enliven, I arouse”)

vegetate (third-person singular simple present vegetates, present participle vegetating, simple past and past participle vegetated)

1. (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
2. (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
3. (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

• vegetable

vegetate

1. present adverbial passive participle of vegeti

vegetate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vegetare
2. second-person plural imperative of vegetare
3. feminine plural of vegetato

vegetāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vegetō