[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

radiate \ra"diate\ r=a"di^=at, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   radiated r=a"di^=a`te^d; p. pr.  vb. n.
   radiating. l. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with
   spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius ray. see radius,
   ray a divergent line.
   1. to emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
      1913 webster

            virtues shine more clear
            in them kings, and radiate like the sun at noon.
                                                  --howell.
      1913 webster

   2. to proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to
      issue in rays, as light or heat.
      1913 webster

            light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our
            eyes.                                 --locke.
      1913 webster
see also:
radiated radiating radius ray 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

radiate \ra"diate\, v. t.
   1. to emit or send out in direct lines from a point or
      points; as, to radiate heat.
      1913 webster

   2. to enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness
      on; to irradiate. r.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

radiate \ra"diate\ r=a"di^aslt, a. l. radiatus, p.
   p.
   1. having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated;
      as, a radiate crystal.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. having in a capitulum large ray florets which are
      unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. belonging to the radiata.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

radiate \ra"diate\, n. zool.
   one of the radiata.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

radiate
     v 1: send out rays or waves; "the sun radiates heat"
     2: send out real or metaphoric rays; "she radiates happiness"
     3: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward
        towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the
        wheel"; "this plants radiates spines in all directions"
        syn: ray
     4: especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color,
        such as red or pink; "her face glowed when she came out of
        the sauna" syn: glow, beam, shine
     5: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "the sun
        is radiating"
     6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from
        good health or an intense emotion; "she was beaming with
        joy"; "her face radiated with happiness" syn: glow, beam,
         shine
     7: issue or emerge in rays or waves; "heat radiated from the
        metal box"
     8: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate;
        "the plants on this island diversified" syn: diversify
see also:
ray glow beam shine diversify 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

82 moby thesaurus words for "radiate":
   be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bestrew, blaze, blind,
   broadcast, burn, circulate, circumfuse, coruscate, daze, dazzle,
   deal out, diffract, diffuse, diffuse light, dispense, disperse,
   dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, fan out,
   flame, flare, flash, fulgurate, give light, give off, give out,
   glance, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce,
   irradiate, issue, jam, luster, newscast, overscatter, oversow,
   overspread, propagate, publish, radio, radiobroadcast, ray, retail,
   scatter, scintillate, send, send out, send out rays, shed, shimmer,
   shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, shortwave, sign off,
   sign on, sow, sow broadcast, sparkle, splay, sportscast, spread,
   spread out, strew, transmit, twinkle, utter, wireless

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