Definition of rotate

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Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle..

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Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense..
Rotiform :: Rotiform (a.) Same as Rotate.
Circumrotate :: Circumrotate (v. t. & i.) To rotate about.
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office..
Dextrally :: Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally..
Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
Rundle :: Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan..
Water Wheel :: Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc..
Rotated :: Rotated (imp. & p. p.) of Rotat.
Rotate :: Rotate (a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one..
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Rotated :: Rotated (a.) Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office..
Rote :: Rote (v. i.) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
Rotator :: Rotator (n.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve..
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