rotate 1
— rotatable , adj. — rotatably , adv.
/roh"tayt/ or, esp. Brit., /roh tayt"/ , v. , rotated, rotating .
v.t.
1. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
2. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate farm crops.
3. to replace (a person, troops, etc.) by another or others, usually according to a schedule or plan.
v.i.
4. to turn around on or as if on an axis.
5. to proceed in a fixed routine of succession: The sentries rotated in keeping watch.
[ 1800-10; rotatus (ptp. of rotare to cause to spin, roll, move in a circle), equiv. to rot ( a ) wheel + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. wheel, whirl. See turn .
rotate 2
/roh"tayt/ , adj.
wheel-shaped: applied esp. to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb. See illus. under corolla .
[ 1775-85; rot ( a ) wheel + -ATE 1 ]