germinateEnglishOxford American Thesaurusgerminate verb 1 the grain is allowed to germinate: sprout, put forth shoots, shoot, shoot up, bud, put forth buds, form/develop buds; develop, grow, spring up, swell; rare burgeon, vegetate, pullulate. 2 the idea of a songwriting partnership began to germinate in his mind: develop, take root, grow, spring up, arise, emerge, evolve, mature, expand, enlarge, spread, advance, progress.
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