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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, verb (used with an object)
1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[asl]t), adjective [L. radiatus, p. p.]
1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
2. (Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Radiata.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Radiated} (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]'t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Radiating}.] [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius ray. See {Radius}, {Ray} a divergent line.]
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon. --Howell.
2. 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, noun (Zo["o]l.) One of the Radiata.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
radiate
verb
1: send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"
2: send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"
3: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions" [syn: {ray}]
4: especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn: {glow}, {beam}, {shine}]
5: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"
6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: {glow}, {beam}, {shine}]
7: issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box"
8: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" [syn: {diversify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "radiate": be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bestrew, blaze, blind, broadcast, burn, circulate, circumfuse, coruscate, daze, dazzle, deal out, diffract, diffuse, diffuse light, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, fan out, flame, flare, flash, fulgurate, give light, give off, give out, glance, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, irradiate, issue, jam, luster, newscast, overscatter, oversow, overspread, propagate, publish, radio, radiobroadcast, ray, retail, scatter, scintillate, send, send out, send out rays, shed, shimmer, shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, shortwave, sign off, sign on, sow, sow broadcast, sparkle, splay, sportscast, spread, spread out, strew, transmit, twinkle, utter, wireless
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