Germinating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Germinate \Ger"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Germinated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Germinating}.] [L. germinatus, p. p. of
     germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See {Germ}.]
     To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant
     or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]