Radiating
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Radiated} (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Radiating}.] [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with
spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius ray. See {Radius},
{Ray} a divergent line.]
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
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Virtues shine more clear
In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon.
--Howell.
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2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to
issue in rays, as light or heat.
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Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our
eyes. --Locke.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "radiating":
approaching, asymptotic, centripetal, centrolineal, concurrent,
confluent, confocal, connivent, converging, focal, meeting,
mutually approaching, radial, radiate, radiated, radiative, rayed,
tangent, tangential, uniting
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