Stag"nate (?), 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.
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Stag"nate (?), a.
Stagnant.
[Obs.] "A
stagnate mass of vapors."
Young.
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