vegete

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vegetus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vegete (comparative more vegete, superlative most vegete)

  1. (obsolete) lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.[1]
    • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 25:
      [] we may by these means, with some little inconvenience, avoid the pain and arrive at a vegete old age.

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Italian

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Adjective

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vegete f pl

  1. feminine plural of vegeto

Latin

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Verb

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vegēte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of vegeō

Portuguese

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Verb

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vegete

  1. inflection of vegetar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beˈxete/ [beˈxe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: ve‧ge‧te

Verb

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vegete

  1. inflection of vegetar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative