Ra"di*ate (rā"d&ibreve;*āt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated (- ā`t&ebreve;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.

Virtues shine more clear
In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon.

2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.

Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.

Ra"di*ate, v. t. 1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.

2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]

Ra"di*ate (-&asl;t), a. [L. radiatus, p. p.] 1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.

2. (Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

3. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Radiata.

Ra"di*ate, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Radiata.

• to emit rays or waves
  
• to come out in rays or waves
  
• to extend in straight lines from
  
• (Ecology) to spread into new habitats, migrate
  
• to emit in rays
  
• to send or spread out from
  
• to illuminate (something)
  
• to manifest in a glowing manner
  
• (Botany) having parts radiating from the center
  
• (Biology) having by radial symmetry
  
• surrounded by rays