Associations to the word «Germinate»

Wiktionary

GERMINATE, verb. To sprout or produce buds.
GERMINATE, verb. To cause to grow.

Dictionary definition

GERMINATE, verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted".
GERMINATE, verb. Work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution".
GERMINATE, verb. Cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky