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germinates

germinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of germinate.

Meaning of germinate

Verb

germinate (third-person singular simple present germinates, present participle germinating, simple past and past participle germinated)

  1. (intransitive) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
    • the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  2. (transitive) To cause to grow; to produce.
    • These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

Questions about germinates

What is germinates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Germinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of germinate.

Words near germinates in the dictionary

  1. germinane
  2. germinant
  3. germinants
  4. germinate
  5. germinated
  6. germinates
  7. germinating
  8. germination
  9. germinations
  10. germinative
  11. germinatively

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