vegetate

verb
/ˈvɛd͡ʒɪteɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vegetātus, perfect passive participle of vegetō (“to enliven, to arouse”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from vegetātus

Definitions

  1. To grow or sprout.

  2. To spread abnormally.

  3. To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vegetate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vegetate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at vegetate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA