radicate
English
Etymology
From Latin radicatus, past participle of radicari (“to take root”), from radix (“root”).
Verb
radicate (third-person singular simple present radicates, present participle radicating, simple past and past participle radicated)
- (transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To take root; to become established.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- And for Ever - greens , especially such as are tender , prune them not after Planting , till they do radicate
- (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
Antonyms
Related terms
- radication
- radicable
- radicative
Translations
to plant or establish firmly
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
- 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.
- (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
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
radicate
- inflection of radicare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
radicate f pl
- feminine plural of radicato
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
rādīcāte
- vocative masculine singular of rādīcātus
Spanish
Verb
radicate