| 单词 |
radication |
| 释义 |
radication|rædɪˈkeɪʃən|
[n. of action from rādīcāre: see radicate v. and -ation. Cf. F. radication.]
The process of radicating or taking root; the fact of being rooted, firmly established, etc.; also, the manner in which a plant, etc., is rooted; an arrangement or system of roots. †a. of veins or arteries. Obs.
1615Crooke Body of Man 856 As the Liuer is the beginning of Radication and Dispensation to the Veines, so is the Heart to the Arteries. 1638A. Read Chirurg. ii. 14 If the vessell be cut..asunder..that part of it which is next the radication of it, shrinketh up.
b. of plants. rare.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv. 59 Whereby they maintained some proportion to their height, in Trees of large radication. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., A great number of curious observations on the germination and radication of plants. 1775Ellis in Phil. Trans. LXVI. 5 To shew in what it differs from what is called radication in plants. 1866in Treas. Bot. 954/2.
c. fig. of qualities, states, etc. ? Obs. (freq. in the 17th c.).
1615Jackson Creed iv. ii. §1 Faith..different in want of radication and durability. a1658C. Cartwright Except. agst. Baxter (1675) 21 The confirmation, radication, and further degree of grace. 1707Norris Treat. Humility iii. 97 This shews such a deep and settled radication of vice in us. |
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