Root

  • 11Root — Root, v. i. [AS. wr[=o]tan; akin to wr[=o]t a snout, trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. r[ u]ssel snout, trunk, proboscis, Icel. r[=o]ta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to gnaw (E. rodent) or to E. root, n.] 1. To turn up the earth with the snout,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12root — of a plant [OE] and root ‘dig with the nose’ [14] are distinct words. The former was borrowed from Old Norse rót, which goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *wrd . This also produced Latin rādīx ‘root’, source of 429 roux English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 13root — of a plant [OE] and root ‘dig with the nose’ [14] are distinct words. The former was borrowed from Old Norse rót, which goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *wrd . This also produced Latin rādīx ‘root’, source of English radical, radish …

    Word origins

  • 14Root — Root, v. t. 1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike. [1913 Webster] 2. To tear up by …

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  • 15.root — root  имя записи корневого домена системы доменных имён Интернета, иногда использовавшейся для отладки. Её присутствие показывало, что корневая доменная зона не усечена при загрузке корневым сервером имён. В 2006 запись .root была заменена… …

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  • 16root — root, rout The OED records two verbs spelt root (and pronounced like boot), and no fewer than ten verbs spelt rout (and pronounced like bout). An overlap occurs in the meaning ‘to poke about’, which can be either root about or rout about, each… …

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  • 17root´ed|ly — root|ed «ROO tihd, RUT ihd», adjective. 1. having roots. 2. Figurative. having taken root; firmly fixed: »a deeply rooted belief. –root´ed|ly, adverb. –root´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 18root|ed — «ROO tihd, RUT ihd», adjective. 1. having roots. 2. Figurative. having taken root; firmly fixed: »a deeply rooted belief. –root´ed|ly, adverb. –root´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 19root|er — root|er1 «ROO tuhr, RUT uhr», noun. 1. an uprooter. 2. a machine that roots out or uproots trees, stumps, and the like. 3. a thing or person that takes root. ╂[< root1 + er1] root|er2 «ROO tuhr, RUT uhr», noun. an animal that digs with its… …

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  • 20root — / rüt, ru̇t/ n in the civil law of Louisiana: descendant by roots: per stirpes Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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