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verb (used without object), ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing.

  1. to begin to grow or develop.
  2. Botany.
    1. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
    2. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
  3. to come into existence; begin.

verb (used with object), ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing.

  1. to cause to develop; produce.
  2. to cause to come into existence; create.

verb

  1. to cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism
  2. to grow or cause to grow; develop
  3. to come or bring into existence; originatethe idea germinated with me

v.c.1600, probably a back-formation from germination. Earlier germynen (mid-15c.) was from Latin germinare. Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Germinated; germinating.

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