Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To fix by the root; fix firmly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To root deeply.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To root deeply.

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  • In addition, irradicate is an adjective meaning rooted, enrooted (OED).

    March 13, 2012