D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Germinate

/jẽrm'-ən-ātˌ/ · Ger·mi·nate · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/
01 v. i. To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
imp. & p. p. Germinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Germinating
  1. 1.
    To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
02 v. t. To cause to sprout.
  1. 1.
    To cause to sprout.