·vi To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
II. Vegetate ·vi Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
III. Vegetate ·vi To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to Sprout; to Germinate.