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单词 germinate
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germinatev.

Brit. /ˈdʒəːmᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈdʒərməˌneɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin germināt-, germināre.
Etymology: < classical Latin germināt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of germināre to put out shoots, to sprout, bud, (of seeds) to germinate, in post-classical Latin also to grow, flourish, prosper (Vulgate) < germin- , germen germ n. Compare French germiner (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; compare germer germ v.), Old Occitan germenar , Catalan germinar (13th cent.), Spanish germinar (15th cent.), Portuguese germinar (14th cent.), Italian germinare (14th cent.). Compare earlier germin v. and germ v.
1.
a. transitive. To cause to begin to grow, to bring about the growth of; spec. to cause (a seed) to undergo germination. In early use chiefly in figurative contexts.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > cause to sprout or grow
multiplya1550
germinate1610
shoot?1610
to put up1626
1610 D. Price Creation of Prince sig. Eij In this Paradise is..the tree of goodnesse which is..watered by grace, germinated by godlines, will waxe greene by hope [etc.].
1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant sig. Cv His Seed did germinate in either Sexe A hopefull issue, whose descent might keepe His righteous Race on foote.
1794 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 4) II. Pref. p. iv To germinate their ideas into a floral existence, by familiarizing them with the characters, and circumstances of the Republic of Letters, I consider not as a brilliant operation, but an honourable task.
1803 Edwin III. 264 The gentle influence of Spring began to spread the verdant carpet of Nature, and germinate the bursting buds.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xii The impassioned eloquence of that lady germinated the seed which the Cardinal had seemed so carelessly to scatter.
1934 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 21 557 Those of one group were dried at once for analysis, and those of each of the others were germinated, dried, and analyzed.
1999 S. Campbell Walled Kitchen Gardens 20 English gardeners began to use hotbeds out of doors, in order to..germinate the seeds of their exotic greenhouse plants.
b. transitive. figurative. To cause to develop from an early stage or initial idea; to give rise to.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth
doeOE
makelOE
to bring forthc1175
farrow?c1225
childc1350
fodmec1390
raise1402
spring?1440
upbringc1440
breed1526
procreate1546
hatch1549
generate1556
product1577
deprompt1586
produce1587
spire1590
sprout1598
represent1601
effer1606
depromea1652
germinate1796
output1858
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 245 Some new composition flatters my vanity in fulfilling my predictions, and germinating fresh hopes of your future poetical fame.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. i. 229 Several French Departments germinate a set of rebellious paper-leaves, named Proclamations.
1849 R. Cobden Speeches 32 Those boundary questions which, we were assured, were to germinate a war for a quarter of a century.
1892 H. Caine in Times 19 Sept. 4/1 A crowd of people gathered in the Street and germinated alarming rumours.
1939 W. T. Sexton Soldiers in Sun xi. 260 While looking over the captured dispatches, one in particular germinated a plan in Funston's mind for capturing the Insurgent President.
1961 Baseball Digest Jan. 41/2 Sometimes ambition generates enough production to germinate confidence.
2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 Jan. 27/1 These so-called offsets can germinate new companies and provide jobs.
2.
a. intransitive. Of a seed or spore: to undergo germination (germination n. 1a). In early use also: (of a plant, bud, etc.) to begin to grow; to produce new buds or shoots (now rare).
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth
spriteOE
wrideOE
brodc1175
comea1225
spirec1325
chicka1400
sprouta1400
germin?1440
germ1483
chip?a1500
spurgea1500
to put forth1530
shootc1560
spear1570
stock1574
chit1601
breward1609
pullulate1618
ysproutc1620
egerminate1623
put1623
germinate1626
sprent1647
fruticate1657
stalk1666
tiller1677
breerc1700
fork1707
to put out1731
stool1770
sucker1802
stir1843
push1855
braird1865
fibre1869
flush1877
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §646 This Herbe putteth forth another small Herbe out of the Leafe; which is imputed to some Moisture, that is gathered betweene the Prickles, which Putrified by the Sunne, Germinateth.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 424 Whether seeds..will germinate and thrive in the exhausted Receiver.
a1687 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) App. xi. 196 God caused the Trees to germinate out of the Earth.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 157 There is in one single Grain of Corn, that has throughly germinated, wherewith to feed the five Thousand Men.
1765 tr. in Foreign Ess. Agric. & Arts 45 I seized this opportunity of sowing in the rills of my bed, the seed together with the earth, in which it had germinated.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 67 When the Agriculturist wishes his seeds to germinate, he should not bury them very deep.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxii. 572 A kind of cloth woven of hair was used for drying the malt after it had been made to germinate.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 138 The persistent buds of many trees (Aesculus), bulbs (Tulip), and corms (Crocus, &c.), formed in the summer and germinating in the spring after long rest in winter.
1923 Ecology 4 61 Douglas fir germinates as promptly as yellow pine and shows almost equal root vigor.
1928 F. S. Earle Sugar Cane & its Culture 60 The leaf sheaths adhere more closely than in the true Uba, and the buds germinate subdorsally, not apically.
1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World iv. 60 When the seed does germinate its first effort is to put down a primary or seminal root, using energy from its stored food.
2007 Independent 26 Apr. 22/5 At the Millennium Seed Bank thousands of seeds are banked for every species collected and each set is tested to make sure the seeds will germinate.
b. intransitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To develop from an early stage or initial idea.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation)
fremec1000
furtherc1200
profit1340
to go onc1449
grow1487
to commence to, intoa1500
framea1529
to get ground?1529
movec1540
work1566
promove1570
advance1577
devolve1579
to come on1584
progress1612
to gain ground1625
germinate1640
proceed1670
to gather ground1697
march1702
to make its way1711
to come forward1722
develop1744
to turn a wheel1864
shape1865
come1899
1640 D. Lupton Glory of their Times 173 Their errors had bin nipped in the bud, & never germinated to the scandal and annoyance of the Church of God.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 267 Lust..And..Vengeance..from one seed do germinate.
1761 Brit. Mag. Sept. 495/1 The preceptor will sow the seeds of that taste which will soon germinate, rise, blossom, and produce perfect fruit.
1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. iii. 56 The soul requires room to germinate.
1849 H. Coleridge in Encycl. Metrop. 3 From the first, or initiative Idea, as from a seed, successive Ideas germinate.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. i. §5. 18 The sciences..severally germinate out of the experiences of daily life.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars vi. 282 A wise man acts upon a hint, and it germinates.
1937 Rotarian May 7/2 It was in the mind of Paul Harris and his little group that the idea germinated. In Chicago.
1972 Crisis Dec. 338/1 This college germinated from the fertile vision of 20-year-old Evelyn Wright in 1897.
2005 M. Gaskill Witchfinders 5 Only then did old hatreds thaw out, allowing a plan to germinate and grow.
c. intransitive. Of the earth, a garden, etc.: to give rise to vegetation; to produce new growth. Now rare.figurative in quot. 1660.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > be covered with vegetation [verb (intransitive)] > produce vegetation
germinate1660
ratoon1732
vegetate1799
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv. 163 The Church was then a garden of the fairest flowers, it did daily germinate with blessings from Heaven, and Saints sprung up.
1739 L. Jackson Exam. Bk. intituled True Gospel Jesus Christ asserted 268 The Storm arises or is still, the Earth germinates or is barren, the Animals breed or not, are fed or starved.
1878 J. W. Reynolds Supernatural in Nature vi. 118 The earth germinated and brought forth grass, herb yielding seed, and tree-bearing fruit.
2010 T. E. Weimer Thriving After Divorce viii. 150 What are your actions, thoughts, and emotions during the time your garden germinates, shows signs of growth, and finally leaps?
3. intransitive. Of a salt or other substance: to effloresce; to crystallize, esp. in an arborescent pattern. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [verb (intransitive)] > effloresce
germinate1626
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §696 The Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate, as we see in Chymicall Trialls.
1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. iv. 89 Which brings me in the next place to consider the Formation of Ores, whether they germinate, or are the Exuviæ of the Deluge.
1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals 144 Some of this copper-Ore germinates like the Blossoms of Iron.
1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 482 Which salt also germinates in great abundance in the same colliery.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 9 It [sc. Glauber's Salt] also, not unfrequently, germinates from, and adheres to, the walls of recent buildings.
1821 R. Jameson Man. Mineral. 9 In many countries it [sc. nitre] germinates in certain seasons out of the earth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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