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has germinated

  • present perfect of germinate (3rd person singular).

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The seed Mr Obasanjo sowed then has germinated and the harvested fruit is now giving Nigerians toothache.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2011

No power can exterminate the seeds of liberty when it has germinated in the blood of brave men.

From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Men of thought and power through all the ages have scattered seed, and while much of it has come to naught, a kernel here and there, possessed of vital force, has germinated and grown.

From Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian by Haight, Canniff

After the seed has germinated the beds may be thinned so that the seedlings will have more room to develop.

From The School Book of Forestry by Pack, Charles Lathrop

Perhaps," added Gensonné, "this idea has germinated in France?

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.