radicate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin radicatus, past participle of radicari (“to take root”), from radix (“root”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === radicate (third-person singular simple present radicates, present participle radicating, simple past and past participle radicated) (transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly. (intransitive, obsolete) To take root; to become established. (transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number. ==== Synonyms ==== (to plant or establish firmly): root, settle, ingrain ==== Antonyms ==== eradicate uproot deracinate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== radication radicable radicative ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “radicate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Adjective === radicate 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “radicate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === acardite, air cadet == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== radicate inflection of radicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== radicate f pl feminine plural of radicato === Anagrams === cardiate == Latin == === Adjective === rādīcāte vocative masculine singular of rādīcātus == Spanish == === Verb === radicate second-person singular voseo imperative of radicar combined with te