• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/

germinate (germinates, present participle germinating; simple past and past participle germinated)

1. (intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC ↗:

     the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate

2. (transitive) To cause to grow; to produce.

• ackerspyre (Chester)

• French: germer
• German: keimen
• Italian: germinare
• Russian: прорастать
• Spanish: germinar