Germinal (zharmenal)

[F., germinant (jer'mi-nant), a. [ Prophecies are not fulfilled punctually at once, but have springing and germinant accomplishment throughout Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 139. many ages. IMG:content-2251.png:[blocks in formation] germinate (jer'mi-nāt), v.; pret. and pp. ger minated, ppr.germinating. [ It. germin are = Pg. Sp. germ i nar = OF. germiner ), sprout, bud, germinate, Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 135. The preceptor will sow the seeds of that taste which will soon germinate . Goldsmith, Cultivation of Taste. II. trans. To cause to sprout; put forth; produce. [Rare.] In the leafy months of June and July several French departments germinate a set of rebellious paper-leaves, named Proclamations, Resolutions, Journals, or Diurnals, "of the Union for Resistance to Oppre ion." Carlyle, French Rev., II. iv. 1.