Rotate
Rotate , adjective
[Latin rotatus, past participle of rotare to turn round like a wheel, from rota wheel. See Rotary, and compare Roue.]
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
Rotate , intransitive verb
1.
To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
2.
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
Rotate , intransitive verb
1.
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
2.
To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloquial]
Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office.