vegete

See also: végété, végéte, vegeté, and végète

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vegetus.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /vɛˈd͡ʒit/

Adjective

vegete (comparative more vegete, superlative most vegete)

1. (obsolete) lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.
   • 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.

Italian

Adjective

vegete f pl

1. feminine plural of vegeto

Latin

Verb

vegēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vegeō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈʒɛ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈʒɛ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈʒɛ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈʒɛ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧te

Verb

vegete

1. inflection of vegetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxete/ [beˈxe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ve‧ge‧te

Verb

vegete

1. inflection of vegetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative