- (v.i.) Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
- (v.i.) To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
- (v.i.) To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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