ger´mi|na´tor

ger´mi|na´tor
ger|mi|nate «JUR muh nayt», verb, -nat|ed, -nat|ing.
–v.i.
to begin to grow or develop; sprout: »

Seeds germinate in the spring. Figurative. Many new ideas germinated from e invention of the telegraph.

–v.t.
to cause to grow or develop: »

Warmth, moisture, and oxygen germinate seeds.

[< Latin germināre (with English -ate1) < germen, -inis sprout, bud]
ger´mi|na´tor, noun.

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