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ingerminate

ingerminate verb: to cause to germinate.

Verb

ingerminate (third-person singular simple present ingerminates, present participle ingerminating, simple past and past participle ingerminated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to germinate.
    Synonyms:
    sprout

Synonyms of ingerminate

Forms of ingerminate

third-person singular presentingerminates
present participleingerminating
past participleingerminated
pastingerminated

Origin of ingerminate

From in- + germinate.

Questions about ingerminate

What does ingerminate mean?
Ingerminate means to cause to germinate.
What part of speech is ingerminate?
Ingerminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of ingerminate?
The past tense of ingerminate is ingerminated.

Words near ingerminate in the dictionary

  1. ingenus
  2. ingeny
  3. Inger
  4. Ingerland
  5. Ingerman
  6. ingerminate
  7. ingerminated
  8. ingerminates
  9. ingerminating
  10. Ingersoll
  11. Ingersollian

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