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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RADICATE

v.t.[L. radicatus, radicor, from radix, root. ] To root; to plant deply and firmly; as radicated opinions; radicated knowledge.
Meditation will radicate these seeds.
RADICATE, RAD'ICATED, pp. or a. Deeply planted.
Prejudices of a whole race of people radicated by a succession of ages.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RADICATE

Rad "i *cate, a. Etym: [L. radicatus, p. p. of radicari to take root, fr. radix. See Radix. ]

 

Defn: Radicated.

 

RADICATE

RADICATE Rad "i *cate, v. i.

 

Defn: To take root; to become rooted. Evelyn.

 

RADICATE

Rad "i *cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Radicated; p. pr. & vb. n.Radicating.]

 

Defn: To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root. Time should. .. rather confirm and radicate in us the remembrance of God's goodness. Barrow.

 

RADICATED

RADICATED Rad "i *ca `ted, a.

 

Defn: Rooted; specifically: (a ) (Bot. ) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root. (b ) (Zoöl.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.