▪ I. † iˈrradicate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
In 5 iradicate.
[f. ir-1 + L. rādīcāt-us, pa. pple. of rādīcāre to take root.]
Rooted, enrooted.
| 1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 204 He [Christ]..Mote gefe us pease so welle iradicate Here in this worlde, that after alle this feste Wee mowe have pease in the londe of byheste. |
▪ II. irradicate, v. rare.
(ɪˈrædɪkeɪt)
[f. ir-1 + L. rādīcāre, -ārī to take root, f. rādīc-em root: cf. eradicate.]
trans. To fix by the root, to enroot.
| 1836 Sir W. Hamilton Discuss., Stud. Math. (1852) 292 Irradicated in it by custom. 1838 ― Logic xxviii. (1866) II. 86 To tear up what has become irradicated in his intellectual and moral being. |