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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RA'DIATE, v.i. [L. radio. See Ray.]
1. To issue in rays, as light; to dart, as beams of brightness; to shine.
Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
2. To issue and proceed in direct lines from a point.
RA'DIATE, v.t. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on. [Usually irradiate.]
RA'DIATE, a. In botany, a rayed or radiate corol or flower, is a compound flower consisting of a disk, in which the corollets or florets are tubular and regular, and of a ray, in which the florets are irregular.
Or a flower with several semiflosculous florets set round a disk in form of a radiant star.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" [syn: radial, stellate, radiate]
2: having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies 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 radiate spines in all directions" [syn: radiate, ray]
4: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, 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, radiate, 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, radiate]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare, from radius ray Date: circa 1619 intransitive verb 1. to proceed in a direct line from or toward a center 2. to send out rays ; shine brightly 3. a. to issue in or as if in rays b. to evolve by adaptive radiation transitive verb 1. to send out in or as if in rays 2. irradiate, illuminate 3. to spread abroad or around as if from a center II. adjective Date: 1668 having rays or radial parts: as a. having ray flowers b. characterized by radial symmetry ; radially symmetrical • radiately adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & adj. --v. 1 intr. a emit rays of light, heat, or other electromagnetic waves. b (of light or heat) be emitted in rays. 2 tr. emit (light, heat, or sound) from a centre. 3 tr. transmit or demonstrate (life, love, joy, etc.) (radiates happiness). 4 intr. & tr. diverge or cause to diverge or spread from a centre. 5 tr. (as radiated adj.) with parts arranged in rays. --adj. having divergent rays or parts radially arranged. Derivatives: radiately adv. radiative adj. Etymology: L radiare radiat- (as RADIUS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Radiate Ra"di*ate, a. [L. radiatus, p. p.] 1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal. 2. (Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Radiata.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Radiate Ra"di*ate, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Radiata.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Radiate Ra"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.] 1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiant like the sun at noon. --Howell. 2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. --Locke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Radiate Ra"di*ate, v. t. 1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat. 2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(radiates, radiating, radiated) 1. If things radiate out from a place, they form a pattern that is like lines drawn from the centre of a circle to various points on its edge. ...the various walks which radiate from the Heritage Centre... From here, contaminated air radiates out to the open countryside. VERB: V from n, V prep/adv 2. If you radiate an emotion or quality or if it radiates from you, people can see it very clearly in your face and in your behaviour. She radiates happiness and health... Her voice hadn't changed but I felt the anger that radiated from her. VERB: V n, V from n 3. If something radiates heat or light, heat or light comes from it. Stoves are meant to radiate heat. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Shine, gleam, emit rays, beam, glitter. 2. Issue in rays, emanate in rays. 3. Emit heat, throw off heat, be radiant. II. v. a. Emit (heat or light) in straight lines. III. a. 1. (Bot.) Radiant, rayed. 2. (Zool.) Radiated.

Moby Thesaurus

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