Obs. rare. Also 7 vegit-. [ad. L. vegetāt-us, pa. pple. of vegetāre: see next.] Endowed with vegetable life; growing as plants.
1574. J. Jones, trans. Galen, De Elementis, Ep. Ded. p. ii. Whether they be Inanimata … as the Minerals; or Animata, with life, Vegetat, Sensit, & Rational, Growing thinges, as Hearbes.
a. 1691. Boyle, Hist. Air (1692), 79. This may be evidenced, by undeniable experiments, from things inanimate and vegitate.
