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stagnate
(encz) | stagnate,stagnovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
stagnate
(encz) | stagnate,stát? [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
stagnate
(encz) | stagnate,váznout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Stagnate
(gcide) | Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Stagnated (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.]
[L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant,
from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool,
and cf. Stanch, v. t.]
1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in
the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by
want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
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2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or
inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
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Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in
vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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Stagnate
(gcide) | Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a.
Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." --Young.
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stagnate
(wn) | stagnate
v 1: stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate
our economy"
2: cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the
waters"
3: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters";
"blood stagnates in the capillaries"
4: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work] |
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stagnated
(encz) | stagnated, |
Restagnate
(gcide) | Restagnate \Re*stag"nate\ (-n?t), v. i. [L. restagnare to
overflow.]
To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
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Stagnate
(gcide) | Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Stagnated (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.]
[L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant,
from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool,
and cf. Stanch, v. t.]
1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in
the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by
want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
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2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or
inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
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Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in
vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a.
Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." --Young.
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Stagnated
(gcide) | Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Stagnated (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.]
[L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant,
from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool,
and cf. Stanch, v. t.]
1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in
the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by
want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
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2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or
inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
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Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in
vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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