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verb

Rotate v. i. (past & past part. rotated; pres. part. rotating)

To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Rotate v. i.

To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

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."

adjective

Rotate adj. 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.

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Etymology of 'Rotate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rotate" Quotes from Famous Books

... ascertained with certainty whether Mercury and Venus rotate in about twenty-four hours, or whether the period is the same as that of their revolution round the sun. The evidence seems to point to the ...

— To Mars via The Moon - An Astronomical Story • Mark Wicks

... had bestowed upon mankind in the American self-filling rotary Bird of Freedom inkstand with revolving lid, had said, with the tears of patriotic shame and sorrow in his eyes, that there were recreant writers who preferred to purchase the Birmingham inkstand, which required to be filled, did not rotate, and had no revolution to its lid, at fifty cents, than to secure his own triumph of American ingenuity at ten dollars. Such misguided men must be taught their duty to their native land. Mr. SCHENCK moved an increase to 4,000 per cent, ad valorem on the foreign jack-plane, which he characterized ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 • Various

... and revolve eccentric till the port just begins to open on its forward stroke. Rotate crank disc on shaft till the crank pin ...

— Things To Make • Archibald Williams

... th' aspiring candidate In Hesiod each alternate day: One showed him how the crops rotate From Cato De Re Rustica: The bee that in our bonnets lurks He taught to yield its honied store By reading Columella's works And also Virgil ...

— Lyra Frivola • A. D. Godley

... approximately half way to the right. Rotate the station selector knob slowly until a station is heard. Tune this station in until the minimum amount of background noise is heard. Increase or decrease the volume to the desired level by adjusting the volume control knob. Careful tuning ...

— Delco Manuals: Radio Model 633, Delcotron Generator - Delco Radio Owner's Manual Model 633, Delcotron Generator Installation • Delco-Remy Division

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