[veg.e.tate] vb -tat.ed ; -tat.ing [ML vegetatus, pp. of vegetare to grow] vi (1605) 1 a: to grow in the manner of a plant; also: to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths b: to produce vegetation
2: to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind ~ vt: to establish vegetation in or on