Meaning

(transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To take root; to become established.
3. (transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number.
4. Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
5. (botany) Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe.
6. (zoology) Fixed at the bottom as if rooted.

Example Sentences

And for Ever - greens , especially such as are tender , prune them not after Planting , till they do radicate

Numbers, arithmetically, can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, exponentiated and radicated, […]

Word Forms

• radicates
• radicating
• radicated

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When Should You Use Radicate?

Use radicate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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