Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪdieɪt/
irradiate (irradiates, present participle irradiating; past and past participle irradiated)
- (transitive, literary, poetic) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
- c. late 18th century Sir W. Jones, Hymn to Lachsmi
- Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
- c. late 18th century Sir W. Jones, Hymn to Lachsmi
- (transitive, literary, poetic) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
- to irradiate the mind
- 1740 or earlier Bishop George Bull, A discourse concerning the spirit of God in the faithful
- And indeed we ought, in these happy intervals, when our understandings are thus irradiated and enlightened, to make a judgment of the state and condition of our souls in the sight of God […]
- (transitive, literary, poetic) To animate by heat or light.
- (transitive, literary, poetic) To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
- a splendid facade, […] irradiating hospitality
- (transitive, literary, poetic) To decorate with shining ornaments.
- (intransitive) To emit rays; to shine.
- (science) To apply radiation to.
- (medical) To treat (a tumour or cancerous growth) with radiation.
- (transitive) To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria.
- Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:
- The co-existent Flame
Knew the Destroyer; it encircled him,
Roll’d up his robe, and gathered round his head,
Condensing to intenser splendour there,
His Crown of Glory, and his Light of Life,
Hovered the irradiate wreath.
- The co-existent Flame
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:
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