germinate
verb (used without object)
to begin to grow or develop.
have germinated
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present perfectof germinate.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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The effect is to make the flowers appear to have germinated as much from the artist’s exertions as from the earth.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
Apply it again two weeks later to kill any dormant weed seeds that may have germinated.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
The tech hubs of Silicon Beach and Silicon Valley have germinated thousands of start-ups serving every imaginable need of the kinds of people who work at start-ups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
Vocabularies of resistance have germinated among US-based progressives, isolated though each instance remains.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2017
The squirrels lifted every nut except those that wouldn't have germinated anyway.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
