vegetate/ˈvɛd͡ʒɪteɪt/EtymologyBorrowed from Latin vegetātus, perfect passive participle of vegetō (“to enliven, to arouse”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).vegetate means to grow or sprout. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo grow or sprout.To spread abnormally.To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.“Nor indeed is it likely I shall now ever be able to do more than vegetate, for my few remaining years or months in this or some other solitude. It is literally vegetating, for I have very little locomotive powers beyond those that appertain to a cauliflower.”