2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Irradiate \Ir*ra"di*ate\ ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irradiated} ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Irradiating} ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. irradiatus, p. p. of irradiate. See {In-} in, and {Radiate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster. [1913 Webster] Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields. --Sir W. Jones. [1913 Webster] 2. To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind. --Bp. Bull. [1913 Webster] 3. To animate by heat or light. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 4. To radiate, shed, or diffuse. [1913 Webster] A splendid fa[,c]ade, . . . irradiating hospitality. --H. James. [1913 Webster] 5. To expose to radiation of any kind, especially {ionizing radiation}; as, to sterilize food by irradiating it with gamma rays; one can cause mutations in bacteria by irradiating them with ultraviolet light. [PJC] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "irradiated": ablaze, activated, aglow, alight, autoluminescent, bathed with light, bespangled, brightened, candlelit, charged, contaminated, enlightened, firelit, gaslit, hot, illuminated, in a blaze, infected, irradiate, lamplit, lanternlit, lighted, lightened, lit, lit up, luminous, moonlit, poisoned, radiferous, radioactivated, radioactive, radioluminescent, spangled, star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, studded, sunlit, tinseled
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