radicate

English

Etymology

Latin radicatus, past participle of radicari (“to take root”), from radix (“root”).

Verb

1. (transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To take root; to become established.

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3. (transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number.
   • 1972, Patrick Meredith, Dyslexia and the individual, page 36

     Numbers, arithmetically, can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, exponentiated and radicated, […]

Synonyms

• (to plant or establish firmly): root, settle, ingrain

Antonyms

• eradicate
• uproot
• deracinate

Related terms

• radication
• radicable
• radicative

Translations

to plant or establish firmly

• Italian: radicare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 根付かせる (nedukaseru), 定着させる (ja) (teichaku saseru)

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “radicate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Adjective

radicate

1. Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
2. (botany) Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe.
3. (zoology) Fixed at the bottom as if rooted.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “radicate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• acardite, air cadet

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Italian

Verb

radicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of radicare
2. second-person plural imperative of radicare
3. feminine plural of radicato

Anagrams

• cardiate

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rādīcāte

1. vocative masculine singular of rādīcātus