4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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:  perform  a  job  or  duty  on  a  rotating  basis;  "Interns  have  to 
  rotate  for  a  few  months" 
  4:  cause  to  turn  on  an  axis  or  center;  "Rotate  the  handle" 

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