irradiate
21irradiate — verb (T) 1 technical to treat someone or something with xrays or similar beams: The tomatoes are irradiated to make them stay fresh longer. 2 literary to make something look bright by shining light onto it irradiation /I reIdi eISFn/ noun (U) …
22irradiate — verb 1) her smile irradiated the room Syn: illuminate, light (up), cast light upon, brighten, shine on; literary illumine, illume 2) irradiated with gamma rays Syn: radiate, charge, blast, shoot; infuse …
23irradiate — v 1. illuminate, light up, light, brighten; illumine, Archaic. illume; cast light upon, shine, beam; shimmer, sparkle, scintillate, glitter, gleam, coruscate; make resplendent or illustrious. 2. enlighten, inform, make aware, give insight to;… …
24irradiate — ir·radiate …
25irradiate — ir•ra•di•ate v. [[t]ɪˈreɪ diˌeɪt[/t]] adj. [[t] ɪt, ˌeɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. 1) to shed rays of light upon; illuminate 2) to illumine intellectually or spiritually 3) phs to radiate (light, illumination, etc.) 4) phs to heat with radiant… …
26irradiate — verb (irradiated, irradiating) –verb (t) /ɪˈreɪdieɪt / (say i raydeeayt) 1. to shed rays of light upon; illuminate. 2. to illumine intellectually or spiritually. 3. to brighten as if with light. 4. to radiate (light, etc.). 5. to heat with… …
27irradiate — v.tr. 1 subject to (any form of) radiation. 2 shine upon; light up. 3 throw light on (a subject). Derivatives: irradiative adj. Etymology: L irradiare irradiat (as IN (2), radiare f. radius RAY(1)) …
28x-irradiate — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Usage: usually capitalized X : to irradiate with X rays • x irradiation ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun, usually capitalized X …
29x-irradiate — x ir·ra·di·ate (ĕks ĭ rāʹdē āt ) tr.v. x ir·ra·di·at·ed, x ir·ra·di·at·ing, x ir·ra·di·ates To expose or subject to x ray radiation. x ir·ra di·aʹtion n. * * * …
30Irradiated — Irradiate Ir*ra di*ate ([i^]r*r[=a] d[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irradiated} ([i^]r*r[=a] d[i^]*[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Irradiating} ([i^]r*r[=a] d[i^]*[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. irradiatus, p. p. of irradiate. See {In } in, and {Radiate}.] …
