Stagnate /(stăg"nāt)/

imp. & p. p. Stagnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating

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. 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.

1. Stagnant. [Obs.]