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Rotate \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.
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Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rotating}.]
1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
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2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to
hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
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Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. i.
1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an
axle.
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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.
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