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Pronunciation : Ro"tate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. rotatus, p.p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Roue.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ro"tate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Rotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ro"tate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913