English Explanatory Dictionary

radicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
  2. To take root; to become established.
  3. To extract the root of a number.
adj
  1. Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
  2. Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe.
  3. Fixed at the bottom as if rooted.

Word forms

radicate radicates radicating radicated

Etymology

From Latin radicatus, past participle of radicari (“to take root”), from radix (“root”).

Synonyms

root settle ingrain

Antonyms

eradicate uproot deracinate

Related words

radication radicable radicative

Derived words

irradicate coradicate multiradicate
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