radicate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to take root or cause something to become firmly rooted or established

   Repeated custom can radicate a belief deeply in a community.

2. 2
   verb

   to extract the mathematical root of a number or expression

   The program can exponentiate and radicate symbolic expressions.

3. 3
   adj

   rooted, deep-seated, or furnished with a root

   The fungus has a radicate base attached to the buried wood.

From Latin radicatus, the past participle of radicari, 'to take root,' from radix, 'root.' The mathematical sense likewise refers to finding a root.

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