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germinate
to begin to grow or develop
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Questions about “germinate”
Germinate (verb) means to begin to grow or develop
Here is germinate used in an example sentence: "The idea for the company germinated during a late-night conversation and slowly took shape."
Common synonyms for germinate include sprout, develop, originate, burgeon.
Antonyms of germinate include wither, die.
Germinate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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