I.to arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate (post-class.): spiritus, qui animalia omnia vitali et fecundā ope vegetat, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 36; id. M. 11, p. 257; id. Ascl. 92, 37: “structum Adam (anima),” Prud. Ham. 448; id. Cath. 10, 7: “anima carnem vegetat,” Vulg. Gen. 9, 15: “gaudia non illum vegetent,” Aus. Ep. 25, 64: “memoriae vegetandae gratia,” Gell. 17, 2, 1.
vĕgĕto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. vegetus,

