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Radicate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
  2. 2
    Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe.
  3. 3
    Fixed at the bottom as if rooted.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly. rare, transitive
  2. 2
    To take root; to become established. intransitive, obsolete

    "And for Ever - greens , especially such as are tender , prune them not after Planting , till they do radicate"

  3. 3
    To extract the root of a number. rare, transitive

    "Numbers, arithmetically, can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, exponentiated and radicated, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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