Radiate
Radiate (rā"di*āt) , intransitive verb
[Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, from radius ray. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.]
1.
To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Virtues shine more clear
In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon.
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.
Radiate , transitive verb
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. [Rare]
Radiate (rā"di*at) , adjective
[Latin radiatus, p. p.]
1.
Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
2.
(Botany) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
3.
(Zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
Radiate , noun
(Zoology) One of the Radiata.