Associations to the word «Germinate»

Wiktionary

GERMINATE, verb. To sprout or produce buds.
GERMINATE, verb. To cause to grow.

Dictionary definition

GERMINATE, verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted".
GERMINATE, verb. Work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution".
GERMINATE, verb. Cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope