Category:Stagnate

Stag"nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.] Etym: [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.

2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, Commerce stagnates; business stagnates. Ready-witted tenderness. . . never stagnates in vain lamentations While there is any room for hope. Sir w. Scott.

Stagnate Stag"nate, a.

Defn: stagnant. [obs.] "a stagnate mass of vapors." Young.