Stagnate Definition

stăgnāt
stagnated, stagnates, stagnating
verb
stagnated, stagnates, stagnating
To be or become stagnant.
Webster's New World
To make stagnant.
Webster's New World
To stagnate is to sit still or stop moving.
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.
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To cease motion, activity, or progress; to come to rest; to cease to advance or change; to become idle or cease to flow.

If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
Air stagnates in a closed room.
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Origin of Stagnate

  • Latin stāgnāre stāgnāt- from stāgnum swamp

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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