Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rotate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rotate \Ro"tate\, a. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rotate
v 1: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves
around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over
the fire" [syn: {revolve}, {go around}]
2: exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano
every night"
3: cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
[syn: {circumvolve}]
4: perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to
rotate for a few months"
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