| Radiate 1. (v. i.) To emit rays or waves; to shine. 2. (v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. 3. (v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat. 4. (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. 5. (a.) Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal. 6. (a.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc. 7. (a.) Belonging to the Radiata. 8. (n.) One of the Radiata. Thesaurus Entries be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bestrew, blaze, blind, broadcast, burn, circulate, circumfuse, coruscate, daze, dazzle, deal out, diffract, diffuse, diffuse light, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, fan out, flame, flare, flash, fulgurate, give light, give off, give out, glance, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, irradiate, issue, jam, luster, newscast, overscatter, oversow, overspread, propagate, publish, radio, radiobroadcast, ray, retail, scatter, scintillate, send, send out, send out rays, shed, shimmer, shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, shortwave, sign off, sign on, sow, sow broadcast, sparkle, splay, sportscast, spread, spread out, strew, transmit, twinkle, utter, wireless |