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Webster 1913 Edition

Rotate

Ro′tate

,
Adj.
[L.
rotatus
, p. p. of
rotare
to turn round like a wheel, fr.
rota
wheel. See
Rotary
, and cf.
Roue
.]
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.

Ro′tate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rotated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotating
.]
1.
To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
2.
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn;
as, to
rotate
in office
.

Ro′tate

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
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, were rotated out of office.”
Harper’s Mag.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rotate

RO'TATE

,
Adj.
In botany, wheel-shaped; monopetalous, spreading flat, without any tube, or expanding into a flat border, with scarcely any tube; as a rotate corol.

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