Ger"mi*nate , v. t. To cause to sprout. Price
(1610).
Ger"mi*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Germinated (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Germinating.]
[L. germinatus, p. p. of
germinare to sprout, fr.
germen. See Germ.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot;
to begin to
vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a
germ. Bacon.
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