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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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.
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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.
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