radIcate, radicated

[Lat. radicatus, pa. par. of radicor =to take root; radix (gen it. rad. icis ) = a root.] I. Ord. Lang.: Deeply or firmly rooted or planted; firmly established. "When it [rancour] is fermely radicate."- Hall : Henry IV. (an. 17). II. Technically : 1. Bot .: Having taken root; rooted. Used of a stem, . 2. Zool. ( of a shell): Affixed by one valve or a by us to a rock, another shell, . răd-i-cat-ing, a. [RADICATE, v.] Bot.: The same as RADICANT (q. v.). radio lites