## Examples
- The old stove radiated warmth across the whole room.
- Several narrow streets radiate from the town square.
- She walked onto the stage radiating confidence.

## Derived Forms
- biradiate
- corradiate
- eradiate
- hexaradiate
- multiradiate
- nonradiate
- octoradiate
- pauciradiate
- pentaradiate
- quadriradiate
- radiately
- radiateness

## Related Forms
- radial
- radiation
- radiative
- radio
- radius
- ray

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: radiātus

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin radiātus, perfect passive participle of radiō (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).

## AI Etymology
Radiate is a learned borrowing from Latin radiātus, perfect passive participle of radiō (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from radius (“a spoke, ray”). Modern senses include to send out heat, light, or energy. and to spread out from a central point.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as biradiate, corradiate, eradiate, hexaradiate, multiradiate, and nonradiate and related forms such as radial, radiation, radiative, and radio.

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