irradiate

Latin irradiatus

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹeɪdieɪt/

irradiate (third-person singular simple present irradiates, present participle irradiating, simple past and past participle irradiated)

1. (transitive) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir W. Jones?)

     Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.

2. (transitive) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.

   to irradiate the mind

   • (Can we date this quote by Bishop George Bull?)

     And indeed we ought, in these happy intervals, when our understandings are thus irradiated and enlightened, to make a judgment of the state and condition of our souls in the sight of God […]

3. (transitive) To animate by heat or light.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)

4. (transitive) To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
   • (Can we date this quote by H. James?)

     a splendid facade, […] irradiating hospitality

5. (transitive) To decorate with shining ornaments.
6. (intransitive) To emit rays; to shine.
7. (transitive) To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria

irradiate

1. Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.

• irradiance
• irradiancy
• irradiant
• irradiation
• irradiative

• irradiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irradiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

irradiate

1. second-person plural present indicative of irradiare
2. second-person plural imperative of irradiare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of irradiare
4. feminine plural of irradiato

• arridiate
• idraterai
• reidratai