Irradicates vs Irradiates - What's the difference?
irradicates | irradiates |
(irradicate)
to root deeply
(irradiate)
To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
* Sir W. Jones
To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
* Bishop George Bull
To animate by heat or light.
To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
* H. James
To emit rays; to shine.
To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria
Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.
As verbs the difference between irradicates and irradiates
is that irradicates is (irradicate) while irradiates is .irradicates
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(head)irradicate
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(irradicat)Usage notes
* Not to be confused with (eradicate). (Webster 1913)irradiates
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(head)irradiate
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(en-verb)- Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
- to irradiate the mind
- 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
- a splendid facade, irradiating hospitality