vegetate
verb (used without object)
to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
has vegetated
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present perfectof vegetate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Abraham Lincoln
TWENTY-NINTH Our political revolution of 1776 was the germ that has vegetated, and still is to grow into the universal liberty of mankind.
From The Lincoln Year Book Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator by Abraham Lincoln
