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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vegetus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vegete (comparative more vegete, superlative most vegete)
- (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
Italian
Adjective
vegete f pl
- feminine plural of vegeto
Latin
Verb
vegēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of vegeō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧te
Verb
vegete
- inflection of vegetar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈxete/
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ve‧ge‧te
Verb
vegete
- inflection of vegetar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative