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To stagnate is to sit still or stop moving.

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An example of stagnate is for water to not move in a pond.
An example of stagnate is for someone's career to stop moving forward.

See stagnate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to be or become stagnant

Origin: < L stagnatus, pp. of stagnare, to stagnate < stagnum, pool, swamp, standing water < IE base *stag-, to trickle, seep > Gr stazein, to drip

transitive verb

to make stagnant

Related Forms:

stagnation noun

See stagnate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates

To be or become stagnant.

Origin:

Origin: Latin stāgnāre, stāgnāt-

Origin: , from stāgnum, swamp

Related Forms:

stag·naˈtion noun

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