RADIATES

Verb

radiates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of radiate

Anagrams

• airdates, dataries

Source: Wiktionary


RADIATE

Ra"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] Etym: [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.]

1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiant like the sun at noon. Howell.

2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. Locke.

Ra"di*ate, v. t.

1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.

2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]

Ra"di*ate, a. Etym: [L. radiatus, p. p.]

1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Belonging to the Radiata.

Ra"di*ate, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Radiata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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