Germinate

[imp. & p. p. GERMINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. GERMINATING.] [Lat. germinare, germinatum, It. germinare, Sp. germinar, Pr. germenar, Fr. germer. See GERM.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed. Bacon.