Root

root, n. the part of a plant which is fixed in the earth, and winch draws up sap from the soil an edible root: anything like a root: the bottom a word Irani which others are derived the cause or occasion of anything [math the factor of a quantity which multiplied by itself produces that quantity the value of the unknown quantity in an equation. v.i. to /sc the root: to be firmly established. — v.t. to plant in the earth: to implant deeply. [Ice. and Sw rot, Don. tod; akin to L. radix, Gr. nza, a mot, Sans to grow Root, rOul, U» turn up with the snout, as swine.— to turn up the earth with the snout A S 7i» chan— wrof, a snout Dut. ivroeten.} Rootlet, lOut'iet, a little toot a radicle. Rope, rf.p, a thick twisted cord. v.i to extend into thread, as by glutinous quality. adj, Ropy.—adv, Ropily.—n Ropino . [A.S. nip: cog. with Ice rap, Dut reep, Ger. ret/