Definitions for stagnate

(stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy")

(cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters")

(cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries")

(be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning")