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Ingerminate vs Interminate - What's the difference?

ingerminate | interminate |

As verbs the difference between ingerminate and interminate

is that ingerminate is to cause to germinate while interminate is (obsolete) to menace; to threaten.

As an adjective interminate is

without end or limit; boundless; infinite.

ingerminate

English

Verb

(ingerminat)
  • To cause to germinate.
  • (Webster 1913)

    interminate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without end or limit; boundless; infinite.
  • (Chapman)
    Synonyms
    * interminated

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) interminatus, past participle of interminari.

    Verb

    (interminat)
  • (obsolete) To menace; to threaten.
  • (Bishop Hall)