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vegetate (v.)
1605, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from
vegetation
, or from L.
vegetatus
, pp. of
vegetare
"to enliven, to animate" (see
vegetable
). Sense of "to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740.
