n. (Milling) A machine for breaking open the kernels of wheat or other grain and removing the germs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ From L. egerminare to sprout. ] To germinate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Germinated p. pr. & vb. n. Germinating. ] [ L. germinatus, p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See Germ. ] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to sprout. Price (1610). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. germinatio: cf. F. germination. ] The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Germination apparatus, an apparatus for malting grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. germinatif. ] Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Germinative spot,
Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to germinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. re- + germinate: cf. L. regerminare. ] To germinate again. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. J. Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. regerminatio. ] A germinating again or anew. [ 1913 Webster ]