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stagnate

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stag·nate  (stgnt)
intr.v. stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates
To be or become stagnant.

[Latin stgnre, stgnt-, from stgnum, swamp.]

stag·nation n.

stagnate
Verb
[-nating, -nated] to become inactive or unchanging: people in old age only stagnate when they have no interests
stagnation n
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Verb1.stagnate - stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
2.stagnate - cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
stagnate - cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
3.stagnate - cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
stagnate - cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
4.stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
moon around, moon on, moon - be idle in a listless or dreamy way
ride the bench, warm the bench - be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game"
moon, daydream - have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, arse about, arse around, bum, loll - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
lie about, lie around - hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around"

stagnate
verb vegetate, decline, deteriorate, rot, decay, idle, rust, languish, stand still, fester, go to seed, lie fallow
Translations

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] viestancarse;
(fig) [economy, mind] → quedarse estancado
stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vistagner, croupir
stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi (economy etc) → stagnieren;
(person) → verdummen
stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi (also fig) → stagnare

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The ignorant peasant-women starve the children, and the people stagnate in darkness, and are helpless in the hands of every village clerk, while you have at your disposal a means of helping them, and don't help them because to your mind it's of no importance.
I should rush into idleness, and stagnate there with all my might.
Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.
 
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