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 "an eater of vegetables." Your learned townsman, my old friend Mr. Roby, has cited many nouns substantive and adjective ending in— ＝ Engl.—

All of these are derived from nouns substantive or adjective, none from verbs. Professor Skeat was misled by a borrowed definition. , "ancient;", "antiques;" , "one who studies, deals in, has to do with, antiques—an antiquary or antiquarian." So, "one who studies, has to do with, ." What means you shall hear from impartial lips:—

Vegetus, vegeto, —,. London. 1677.

Ainsworth adds to the senses of "Vegetus," and renders the primitive "vegeo"  or

The word belongs to an illustrious family. , which has been called its mother, is really its niece. Vegetation, vigil, vigilant, vigour, invigorate, wake, watch, wax, augment, authority; the Gr. (sound); Hygieia, the