STAGNATE

stagnate. Stagnate, v.i. tohave no course, lie still, stop

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Stag″nate (stăg″nāt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated (@–nā̍‐tĕd); 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. 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.
2. 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. Sir W. Scott.