Category:Rotate

Ro"tate, a. Etym: [l. rotatus, p.p. of rotare to turn round like a Wheel, fr. rota wheel. See rotary, and cf. Roue.]

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.

Rotate 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.

Rotate 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.