v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stagnated p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating. ] [ L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t. ] 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
[よどむ, yodomu] (v5m, vi) to stagnate; to be stagnant; to settle; to deposit; to be sedimented; to be precipitated; to hesitate; to be sluggish; to stammer; to stumble; to falter; (P) [Add to Longdo]
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