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radicate

The English word “radicate” has 6 meanings listed here.

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.

adjective

  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.

Etymology

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

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