Germinate /(?)/

Ger·mi·nate

Germinate

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Germinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Germinating

  1. To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

Germinate

v. t.
  1. To cause to sprout.