OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 40039

germinate

/ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
germinar
To cause to grow; to produce.
These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.