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stag·nate  (stgnt)

intr.v. stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates

To be or become stagnant.

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

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stag·nation n.

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stagnate

Verb

[-nating, -nated] to become inactive or unchanging: people in old age only stagnate when they have no interests

stagnation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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" laze, slug, idle 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"

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stagnate

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

Translations

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi → estancarse;

(fig) [economy, mind] → quedarse estancado

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi → stagner, croupir

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi (economy etc) → stagnieren;

(person) → verdummen

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi (also fig) → stagnare