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/rˈeɪdiət/ /rˈeɪdiˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Radiate v. t.

To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.

To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. (R.)

Radiate v. i. (past & past part. radiated; pres. part. radiating)

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. "Virtues shine more clear In them (kings), and radiate like the sun at noon."

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."

noun

Radiate n. (Zool.) One of the Radiata.

adjective

Radiate adj.

Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.

(Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

(Zool.) Belonging to the Radiata.

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Etymology of 'Radiate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Radiate" Quotes from Famous Books

... Industries radiate from the land as a centre. The early medieval methods of industry. The beginnings of trade. Expansion of trade and transportation. Invention and discoveries. The change from handcraft to power manufacture. The industrial revolution. Modern ...

— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar

... three miles north of Lens, has been one of the centres of fighting. This indicates how close the French are to their objective. Lens is an important railroad centre, and is the point of junction of many roads which radiate in all directions. As yet the French advance is not sufficient to denote anything, but another step in the "nibbling" process by means of which the French have kept the Germans ...

— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various

... of a dying voice: the conquest of death by an eternal truth seemed to radiate from her. Voice and features were as one expression of a rapture of belief built ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... is a flood of light that dazzles their eyes. Outside, the spring is resplendent. Never had they seen, before this, summits so high and so near. But along the slopes full of leaves, along the mountains decked with trees, the sun descends to radiate in this valley on the whiteness of the village, on the kalsomine of the ancient houses ...

— Ramuntcho • Pierre Loti

... herald love's completion, and behold Their darlings flourish in the tempered air Of comfort till themselves become the springs Of a yet milder race: all are not born To touch majestic eminence and shine Directing spirits in their nations' sight And radiate unformed posterity: But through transcendent mercy all are born To enter on a nobler heritage Than these, if each but wills to choose aright In serving Duty, man's prerogative: Which is far pleasanter than paths of flowers, Than warmest clustering of household joys, And ...

— My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale • Thomas Woolner

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