1828.sorabji.com > Webster's 1828 English Dictionary

Radiate

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.

 

NEW: Google Full-Text Search of Webster's 1828
Custom Search


Search Webster's 1828
Advanced Search
You can also look up words at dict.sorabji.com







RANDOM WEATHER LOCATION
Weather 74650, RALSTON OK
Weather 74650, RALSTON OK
More weather at weather.sorabji.com


Wander around sorabji.com: