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βλαστάνω

1. "to bud, sprout, grow", of plants, Aesch., etc.

2. metaph. "to shoot forth, come to light", of men; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών "born" in man's nature, Soph.; βλαστάνει ἀπιστία id=Soph.

Etym. The Root is ΒΛΑΣΤ, v. βλαστεῖν, βλαστή.