Definition of vegetate

• v. i. - To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
• v. i. - Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
• v. i. - To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.