Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to vegetate
Participle: vegetated
Gerund: vegetating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | vegetate |
| you | vegetate |
| he;she;it | vegetates |
| we | vegetate |
| you | vegetate |
| they | vegetate |
Perfect
| I | have vegetated |
| you | have vegetated |
| he;she;it | has vegetated |
| we | have vegetated |
| you | have vegetated |
| they | have vegetated |
Past
| I | vegetated |
| you | vegetated |
| he;she;it | vegetated |
| we | vegetated |
| you | vegetated |
| they | vegetated |
Pluperfect
| I | had vegetated |
| you | had vegetated |
| he;she;it | had vegetated |
| we | had vegetated |
| you | had vegetated |
| they | had vegetated |
Future
| I | will vegetate |
| you | will vegetate |
| he;she;it | will vegetate |
| we | will vegetate |
| you | will vegetate |
| they | will vegetate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have vegetated |
| you | will have vegetated |
| he;she;it | will have vegetated |
| we | will have vegetated |
| you | will have vegetated |
| they | will have vegetated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | vegetate |
| you | vegetate |
| he;she;it | vegetate |
| we | vegetate |
| you | vegetate |
| they | vegetate |
Perfect
| I | have vegetated |
| you | have vegetated |
| he;she;it | have vegetated |
| we | have vegetated |
| you | have vegetated |
| they | have vegetated |
Imperfect
| I | vegetated |
| you | vegetated |
| he;she;it | vegetated |
| we | vegetated |
| you | vegetated |
| they | vegetated |
Pluperfect
| I | had vegetated |
| you | had vegetated |
| he;she;it | had vegetated |
| we | had vegetated |
| you | had vegetated |
| they | had vegetated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would vegetate |
| you | would vegetate |
| he;she;it | would vegetate |
| we | would vegetate |
| you | would vegetate |
| they | would vegetate |
Perfect
| I | would have vegetated |
| you | would have vegetated |
| he;she;it | would have vegetated |
| we | would have vegetated |
| you | would have vegetated |
| they | would have vegetated |
Imperative
| you | vegetate |
| we | Let's vegetate |
| you | vegetate |
Verbs conjugated like 'vegetate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'vegetate'
devegetate,
hebetate,
regelate,
revegetate,
vegetize,
venenate,
venerate,
aggerate,
agitate,
argentate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1605, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from vegetation, or from L.
vegetatus, pp. of
vegetare "to enliven, to animate" (see vegetable). Sense of "to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740.
2. Borrowed from Latin vegetātus, perfect passive participle of vegetō (“to enliven, to arouse”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "vegetate"
Esperanto
vegeti, Ido vejetar.
Sample Sentences
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Nor indeed is it likely I shall now ever be able to do more than vegetate, for my few remaining years or months in this or some other solitude. It is literally vegetating, for I have very little locomotive powers beyond those that appertain to a cauliflower. [1804 March 5, Charlotte Smith, letter to Sarah Rose, quoted in Judith Phillips Stanton, “Introduction to Charlotte Smith’s Letters”, in The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith, Bloomington, Ind.; Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana University Press, published 2003, →ISBN, section “Friendships”, page xx:]
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I am amazed to see a young man of your appearance and talents—though, after I have been thus depreciating the latter, it is almost an affront to say any thing about those you possess—I am amazed to see you vegetating among your own oaks, as if, like them, growth were your only value." [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 105:]
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We are isolated, locked in hospital rooms 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, subjected to discrimination stemming from hatred, with no constructive programs or activities to occupy our minds. We vegitate ^([sic]) and deteriorate physically and emotionally. [1986 April 26, James Pierce, “AIDS Prisoners Shackled Behind Plexiglass”, in Gay Community News, page 5:]