radicate

Definitions

To take root.
To cause to take root; root; plant deeply and firmly.
In zoology:
Rooted; fixed at the bottom as if rooted; growing from a fixed root or root-like part.
Specifically, in conchology:
Byssiferous; fixed by a byssus.
Adherent by the base to some other body, as a limpet to a rock.
Rooted and of a plant-like habit, as a polyzoan; not incrusting like a lichen; belonging to the Radicata.
In botany, rooted.

verb rare To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
verb obsolete To take root; to become established.
adjective Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
adjective botany Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe

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This abuse of power could hardly be resisted, as the natives have a radicate aversion to being married elsewhere than in the village of the bride.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman
The misery of the natives was so distressing, the distrust of the Government so radicate, and the want of means of existence so urgent, that they were wont to yield their claims for an insignificant relative specie value.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman
In so far, however, as the imposition of the doctrine was a means to an end, namely, to radicate [sic] him in selected centers where he fell within social and governmental control, it can not be criticized.

The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
Every pious action leaves a certain tincture or disposition upon the soul, which being seconded by actions of the same nature, whether by the superaddition of new degrees, or a more radicate fixation of the same, grows at length into an habit or quality, of the force and energy of a second nature.

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823
Francis Lovelace in 1673 wrote to Governor Winthrop, "It will be necessary to forme a militia, for if it should miscarry they must not radicate longer."

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 3 1991
Martha Bradley's cookbook gives a recipe. radicate (v.)

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 3 1991