irradiate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
irradiate
    v 1: give spiritual insight to; in religion [syn: {enlighten},
         {irradiate}]
    2: cast rays of light upon
    3: expose to radiation; "irradiate food" [syn: {irradiate},
       {ray}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
irradiate \ir*ra"di*ate\, v. i.
   To emit rays; to shine.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
irradiate \ir*ra"di*ate\ ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[asl]t), a. [L.
   irradiatus, p. p.]
   Illuminated; irradiated. --Mason.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Irradiate \Ir*ra"di*ate\ ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp.
   & p. p. {Irradiated} ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Irradiating} ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
   irradiatus, p. p. of irradiate. See {In-} in, and {Radiate}.]
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   1. To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten;
      to adorn with luster.
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            Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields. --Sir W.
                                                  Jones.
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   2. To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to
      irradiate the mind. --Bp. Bull.
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   3. To animate by heat or light. --Sir M. Hale.
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   4. To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
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            A splendid fa[,c]ade, . . . irradiating hospitality.
                                                  --H. James.
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   5. To expose to radiation of any kind, especially {ionizing
      radiation}; as, to sterilize food by irradiating it with
      gamma rays; one can cause mutations in bacteria by
      irradiating them with ultraviolet light.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "irradiate":
      X-ray, activate, anhydrate, beacon, blast-freeze, brighten,
      brighten up, brine, charge, contaminate, corn, cure, dehydrate,
      desiccate, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, edify, embalm, enlighten,
      evaporate, flood with light, floodlight, freeze, freeze-dry, fume,
      highlight, illume, illuminate, illumine, improve, infect, jerk,
      kipper, light, light up, lighten, luminate, marinade, marinate,
      mummify, overshine, pickle, poison, preservatize, quick-freeze,
      radiumize, refrigerate, relume, relumine, roentgenize, salt,
      season, shed light upon, shine upon, smoke, smoke-cure, spotlight,
      stuff, throw light upon, uplift
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