Definitions For Radicate

Adjective

rooted, rooted; deep-seated; firmly established. (botany) Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe. (zoology) Fixed at the bottom as if rooted.

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Verb

radicat (transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly. (intransitive, obsolete) To take root; to become established. : (Evelyn) (transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number.

Synonyms

to plant or establish firmly root, settle, ingrain

Antonyms

eradicate uproot deracinate

Related terms

radication radicable radicative

Translations

Italian: radicare Japanese: 根付かせる (nedukaseru), 定着, alt=定着させる, tr=teichaku saseru

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Etymology

{{der, en, la, radicatus}}, past participle of radicari, , to take root, from radix, , root.

Anagrams

acardite, air cadet