Definitions for irradiate

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irradiate ir·ra·di·ate

Spelling: [verb ih-rey-dee-eyt; adjective ih-rey-dee-it, -e

IPA: /verb ɪˈreɪ diˌeɪt; adjective ɪˈreɪ di ɪt, -ˌeɪt/

Irradiate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in irradiate (aadeiirrt).

Definitions for irradiate

adjective

1. irradiated; bright.

verb (used with object)

1. to shed rays of light upon; illuminate.
2. to illumine intellectually or spiritually.
3. to brighten as if with light.
4. to radiate (light, illumination, etc.).
5. to heat with radiant energy.
6. to treat by exposure to radiation, as of ultraviolet light.
7. to expose to radiation.

verb (used without object)

1. Archaic. to emit rays; shine. to become radiant.

Origin of irradiate

1595-1605; Latin irradiātus, past participle of irradiāre to shine upon. See ir-¹, radiate

Examples for irradiate

You cannot appoint beforehand a time and place for God to irradiate your soul.

He had been intent on this prize from the first; but he had never allowed his eagerness to irradiate his refined face.

The glory of the greatest of her children will for ever irradiate her and the whole world.

What else should irradiate the loving tenderness which unites Mr. and Mrs. Jones on such occasions?

It generally appears to irradiate Space, and silvery figures, most often the celestial orbs, float within it.

At that quite a new gleam seemed to irradiate his good-looking clay.

Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens.

And the mere knowledge that he exists will irradiate the rest of mine.

Was it a reflection of that which should continue to irradiate it?

The target may be any substance that the physicist or chemist wants to irradiate.