Ro"tate (?), a. [L. rotatus, p.
p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel.
See Rotary, and cf. Roue.] Having the parts
spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule
or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla
with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
Ro"tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Rotated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotating.] 1. To turn, as a wheel, round
an axis; to revolve.
2. To perform any act, function, or operation
in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in
office.
Ro"tate, v. i. 1.
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an
axle.
2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause
to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
[Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of
office." Harper's Mag.
Ro"tate (?), a. [L. rotatus, p.
p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel.
See Rotary, and cf. Roue.] Having the parts
spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule
or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla
with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
Ro"tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Rotated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotating.] 1. To turn, as a wheel, round
an axis; to revolve.
2. To perform any act, function, or operation
in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in
office.
Ro"tate, v. i. 1.
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an
axle.
2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause
to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
[Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of
office." Harper's Mag.
