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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Rotate

/rōt'-ātˌ/ · Ro·tate · IPA /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/
01 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 wi…
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. i. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
imp. & p. p. Rotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotating
  1. 1.
    To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
  2. 2.
    To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
03 v. i. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
  1. 1.
    To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
  2. 2.
    To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.[Colloq.]