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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
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