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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Gyrate

Gŷ'rate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. gyratus, made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare. See infra.] (Bot.) Winding or coiled round, as in a circle. Lindley.

Gŷ'rāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. GYRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. GYRATING.] [Lat. gyrāre, gyrātum, It. girāre, Pr., Sp., & Pg. girar, Fr. girer, O. Fr. gyrer. See GYRE.] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to move spirally. Redfield.