Definition of Stagnate

1. Verb. Stand still. "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Stagnant, Stagnation

2. Verb. Cause to stagnate. "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Stagnancy, Stagnant, Stagnation, Stagnation

3. Verb. Cease to flow; stand without moving. "Blood stagnates in the capillaries"
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Stagnancy, Stagnant, Stagnation

4. Verb. Be idle; exist in a changeless situation. "He slugged in bed all morning"

Definition of Stagnate

1. v. i. 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.

2. a. Stagnant.

Definition of Stagnate

1. to become stagnant [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] - See also: stagnant

Medical Definition of Stagnate

1. 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. 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. "Ready-witted tenderness . . . Never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope." (Sir W. Scott) Origin: L. Stagnatus, p.p. Of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stagnate

staging area
Stagira
Stagirus
stagnance
stagnances
stagnancies
stagnancy
stagnant
stagnant
stagnantly
stagnant anoxia
stagnant anoxia
stagnant hypoxia
stagnant hypoxia
stagnate (current term)
stagnate (current term)
stagnated
stagnates
stagnating
stagnation
stagnation
stagnations
stagnation mastitis
stags
stagworm
stagy
stag beetle
stag party
Stahl's ear
stahlian

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