radiate

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine), from radius (a spoke, ray).

Verb[edit]

radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)

  1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
  2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
    The stove radiates heat.
  3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
    The heat radiates from a stove.
  4. (transitive) To illuminate.
  5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
  6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
  7. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

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Adjective[edit]

radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)

  1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
    a radiate crystal
  2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
  3. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
  4. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
  5. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

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Noun[edit]

radiate (plural radiates)

  1. (zoology) One of the Radiata.

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radiate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of radii

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radiate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
  2. second-person plural present indicative of radiare
  3. second-person plural imperative of radiare
  4. second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
  5. Feminine plural of radiato

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radiāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of radiō