- 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. Source: opted
- 3. a. Stagnant. Source: opted
- 4. v. stand still Source: wordnet
- 5. v. cause to stagnate Source: wordnet
- 6. v. cease to flow; stand without moving Source: wordnet
- 7. v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation Source: wordnet
- 8. 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. Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young. Source: webster
- 9. Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young. Source: adambom
- 10. v:100 v. stand still v. cause to stagnate v. cease to flow; stand without moving Source: ecdict
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