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Definition of Stagnate

Stagnate
Stagnate Stag"nate, a. Stagnant. [Obs.] ``A stagnate mass of vapors.' --Young.
Stagnate
Stagnate Stag"nate (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated; 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. 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.

Meaning of Stagnate from wikipedia

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