STAGNATE
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Stag"nate (stăg"n&ā;t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated (-n&auptack_;*tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.] [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.] 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.
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2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
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Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
Sir W. Scott.
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Stag"nate (-n&auptack_;t), a. Stagnant. [Obs.] “A stagnate mass of vapors.” Young.
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