Stagnate
Pronunciation : Stag"nate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. stagnatus, p.p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t.]
Definition : 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. Sir W. Scott.
i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stag"nate
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913