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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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