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vegetate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vegetate/ˈveʤəteɪt/

▶verb

1 live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

2 dated (of a plant or seed) grow or sprout.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) in vegetative): from L. vegetat-, vegetare ‘enliven’.

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