vegete

vegete

See also: végété, végéte, vegeté, and végète

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin vegetusbor.
English vegete

    Borrowed from Latin vegetus.

    Pronunciation

    • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /vɛˈd͡ʒit/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    vegete (comparative more vegete, superlative most vegete)

    1. (obsolete) lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.[1]
      • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 25:
        […] we may by these means, with some little inconvenience, avoid the pain and arrive at a vegete old age.

    References

    1. ^ “vegete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

    Italian

    Adjective

    vegete f pl

    1. feminine plural of vegeto

    Latin

    Verb

    vegēte

    1. second-person plural present active imperative of vegeō

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
     

    • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
    • Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧te

    Verb

    vegete

    1. inflection of vegetar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /beˈxete/ [beˈxe.t̪e]
    • Rhymes: -ete
    • Syllabification: ve‧ge‧te

    Verb

    vegete

    1. inflection of vegetar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative
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