Stag"nate (stăg"nāt), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Stagnated (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Stagnating.] [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.
Stag"nate (?), a. Stagnant.
[Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young.
Stag"nate (stăg"nāt), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Stagnated (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Stagnating.] [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.
Stag"nate (?), a. Stagnant.
[Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young.
