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1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxiv. 217 The beane swelling, can it choose but breake the skinne? The skinne broken can it choose (by reason of the heate that is in it) but push out more matter, and do that action which we may call germinating?

1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 487 I placed the two Coco-Nuts therein, laying them Side-ways, to prevent the Moisture..from entring the Hole at the Base of the Fruit, and thereby rot the seminal Plant upon its first germinating.

1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer i. x. 203 Walnuts, almonds, and other shell-fruit, being long in germinating, ought to be put in moist sand, in order that the radicle may push before the end of April.

1825 Visit to Dalgarnoch v. 108 Who shall account for the first germinating of avarice in the human heart?

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xxii. 542 The hardy seeds,..retain their germinating power.

1892 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 3 Dec. 409/3 The beets are generally lodged in the silos in a wet and dirty condition—a circumstance which means a rottening and a germinating of the roots.

1914 M. de Oliveira Lima Evol. of Brazil v. 100 The social development of this period,..found, therefore, a field already prepared for the germinating of ideas of liberty of thought.

1967 G. van Groningen First Cent. Gnosticism i. 15 Which ingredients thus became the germinating forces for Gnosticism?

1988 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husb. (ed. 6) vi. 203/2 Some weeds such as chickweed and annual meadow-grass will germinate throughout the year, but most have main germinating periods, e.g. knotgrass (spring).

2006 Micropaleontology 58 261/2 The germinating of resting spores is triggered by increased light levels and a rich nutrient supply.