RADIATE

v. a. n.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiant like the sun at noon. Howell.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]

5.
a.

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

6.
a.

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

7.
a.

Belonging to the Radiata.

8.
n.

One of the Radiata.

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