STAGNATING

Verb

stagnating

present participle of stagnate

Source: Wiktionary

STAGNATE

Stag"nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.] Etym: [L. stagnatus, p.p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t.]

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.

Stag"nate, a.

Definition: Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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