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Webster 1913 Edition
Radicate
Rad′i-cate
(răd′ĭ-kā̍t)
, Adj.
Radicated.
Rad′i-cate
(răd′ĭ-kāt)
, Verb.
I.
To take root; to become rooted.
Evelyn.
Rad′i-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Radicated
(răd′ĭ-kāˊtĕd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Radicating
.] To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
Time should . . . rather confirm and
radicate
in us the remembrance of God’s goodness. Barrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Radicate
RAD'ICATE
,Verb.
T.
To root; to plant deply and firmly; as radicated opinions; radicated knowledge.
Meditation will radicate these seeds.
RAD'ICATE
,Definition 2024
radicate
radicate
English
Verb
radicate (third-person singular simple present radicates, present participle radicating, simple past and past participle radicated)
- (rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
- (obsolete) To take root; to become established.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)
Translations
to plant or establish firmly
Related terms
- radication
- radicable
- radicative
Synonyms
Antonyms
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Adjective
radicate
- Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
- (botany) Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.