RADICATE

Etymology

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.

(transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• eradicate

• uproot

• deracinate

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.

Anagrams

• acardite, air cadet

Source: Wiktionary

Rad"i*cate, a. Etym: [L. radicatus, p. p. of radicari to take root, fr. radix. See Radix.]

Definition: Radicated.

Rad"i*cate, v. i.

Definition: To take root; to become rooted. Evelyn.

Rad"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Radicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Radicating.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition