RADIATE

I. verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare, from radius ray Date: circa 1619 intransitive verb to proceed in a direct line from or toward a center, to send out rays ; shine brightly, 3. to issue in or as if in rays, to evolve by adaptive radiation, transitive verb to send out in or as if in rays, ir~ , illuminate , to spread abroad or around as if from a center, II. adjective Date: 1668 having rays or radial parts: as, having ray flowers, characterized by radial symmetry ; radially symmetrical, ~ly adverb