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.
• (to plant or establish firmly): root, settle, ingrain
• eradicate
• uproot
• deracinate
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.
• 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
15 May 2025
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
