vegetates

One vegetates, that is to say, one develops in a certain meagre fashion, which is, however, sufficient for life.

Les Miserables 2008

One vegetates, that is to say, one develops in a certain meagre fashion, which is, however, sufficient for life.

Les Miserables, Volume III, Marius 1862

One vegetates, that is to say, one develops in a certain meagre fashion, which is, however, sufficient for life.

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

Thus, the Cuban Communist Party General Secretary appears now -- to the eyes of possible inspectors -- as if he were a lathe operator, when everyone knows he vegetates behind a desk piled high with old yellowed documents.

Yoani Sanchez: New Year Brings More Layoffs in Cuba Yoani Sanchez 2011

Thus, the Cuban Communist Party General Secretary appears now -- to the eyes of possible inspectors -- as if he were a lathe operator, when everyone knows he vegetates behind a desk piled high with old yellowed documents.

Yoani Sanchez: New Year Brings More Layoffs in Cuba Yoani Sanchez 2011

"There is life in Paris only," he insisted, "and one vegetates elsewhere."

For Love of Laissez-Faire James Grant 2011

Poor pedant! thou seest a plant which vegetates, and thou sayest, “vegetation,” or perhaps “vegetative soul.”

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

This flower vegetates; but is there any real being called vegetation?

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

A company of soldiers vegetates in quarters in a yet sleepier region than the town itself.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

My fingers too had now got within reach of the true, the genuine sensitive plant, which, instead of shrinking from the touch, joys to meet it, and swells and vegetates under it: mine pleasingly informed me that matters were so ripe for the discovery we meditated, that they were too mighty for the confinement they were ready to break.

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 2004