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• rotate — [rō′tāt΄, rō tāt′] vi., vt. rotated, rotating [< L rotatus, pp. of rotare, to turn < rota, wheel: see ROLL] 1. to turn around or cause to turn around a center point or axis; revolve 2. to go or cause to go in a regular and recurring… …   English World dictionary

• rotate — 1 *turn, revolve, gyrate, circle, spin, twirl, whirl, wheel, eddy, swirl, pirouette 2 Rotate, alternate can both mean to succeed or cause to succeed each other in turn. Rotate may be used in reference to two or more persons or things; it implies… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Rotate — Ro tate, v. i. 1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] Both, after a brief service,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rotate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin rota Date: 1785 having the parts flat and spreading or radiating like the spokes of a wheel < rotate blue flowers > II. verb (rotated; rotating) Etymology: Latin rotatus, past participle of rotare, from rota …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rotate — I. /roʊˈteɪt / (say roh tayt) verb (rotated, rotating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to turn round like a wheel on its axis. 2. to cause to go through a round of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate crops. –verb… …  

• rotate — rotate1 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… …   Universalium

• rotate — I ro•tate [[t]ˈroʊ teɪt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]roʊˈteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to turn around on or as if on an axis; revolve 2) to proceed in a fixed routine of succession 3) to cause to turn around an axis or center point 4) agr. to cause to… …   From formal English to slang

• rotate — ro·tate rō .tāt, esp Brit rō vb, ro·tat·ed; ro·tat·ing vi to turn about an axis or a center vt to cause to turn about an axis or a center <rotate the head> * * * ro·tate (roґtāt) to turn around an axis; to twist …   Medical dictionary

• rotate — ro·tate || rəʊ teɪt v. cause to spin, cause to revolve around a central axis; spin or revolve around a central axis …   English contemporary dictionary

• rotate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. revolve, turn round, pivot; alternate. See rotation, oscillation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To turn around an axis] Syn. pivot, twist, wheel, revolve; see turn 1 . 2. [To alternate] Syn. interchange,… …   English dictionary for students

• birl — birler, n. /berrl/, v.t. 1. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it. 2. Brit. to spin or cause to rotate. v.i. 3. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly… …   Universalium