vegetating

Variant of vegetate

vegetate definition

veg·etate (vej′ə tāt′)

intransitive verb vegetated -·tat′·ed, vegetating -·tat′·ing

  1. to grow as plants
  2. to exist with little mental and physical activity; lead a dull, inactive life
  3. Med. to grow or increase in size, as a wart or other abnormal outgrowth does

Etymology: < L vegetatus, pp. of vegetare, to enliven < vegetus, lively < vegere, to quicken, wake; vegetatesenses & infl. by vegetable

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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