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 Definitions for radiate: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Radiated (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Radiating.] [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with
spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius ray. See Radius,
Ray a divergent line.]
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
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Virtues shine more clear
In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon.
--Howell.
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2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to
issue in rays, as light or heat.
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Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our
eyes. --Locke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, v. t.
1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or
points; as, to radiate heat.
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2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness
on; to irradiate. [R.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[asl]t), a. [L. radiatus, p.
p.]
1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated;
as, a radiate crystal.
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2. (Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are
unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
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3. (Zool.) Belonging to the Radiata.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Radiata.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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radiate
v 1: send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"
2: send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"
3: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward
towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the
wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"
[syn: ray]
4: especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color,
such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of
the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, shine]
5: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun
is radiating"
6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from
good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with
joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam,
shine]
7: issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the
metal box"
8: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate;
"The plants on this island diversified" [syn: diversify]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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82 Moby Thesaurus words for "radiate":
be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bestrew, blaze, blind,
broadcast, burn, circulate, circumfuse, coruscate, daze, dazzle,
deal out, diffract, diffuse, diffuse light, dispense, disperse,
dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, fan out,
flame, flare, flash, fulgurate, give light, give off, give out,
glance, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce,
irradiate, issue, jam, luster, newscast, overscatter, oversow,
overspread, propagate, publish, radio, radiobroadcast, ray, retail,
scatter, scintillate, send, send out, send out rays, shed, shimmer,
shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, shortwave, sign off,
sign on, sow, sow broadcast, sparkle, splay, sportscast, spread,
spread out, strew, transmit, twinkle, utter, wireless
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