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radicate

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

verb radicates · radicating · radicated

  1. rare, transitive To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.

    Similar: root, settle, ingrain

  2. intransitive, obsolete To take root; to become established. And for Ever - greens , especially such as are tender , prune them not after Planting , till they do radicate
  3. rare, transitive To extract the root of a number. Numbers, arithmetically, can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, exponentiated and radicated, […]

Opposite: eradicate, uproot, deracinate

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.

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verb

Opposite: eradicate, uproot, deracinate

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verb to plant or establish firmly

日本語根付かせる nedukaseru, 定着させる teichaku saseru
Italianoradicare

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@misc{radicate_2026,
  title = {radicate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/radicate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}