3 entries under this word
a. [Lat. rotatus, p. p. of rotare, to turn round like a wheel, from rota, wheel; It. rotato.] (Bot.) Monopetalous, spreading nearly flat, without any tube, or expanding into a nearly flat border, with scarcely any tube; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate corolla.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. ROTATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ROTATING.] [Lat. rotare, rotatum, to turn or roll round; It. rotare, Sp. rotar, rodar, Pr. rodar. See infra.]
Sense 1. To revolve or move round a center.
Sense 2. To go out of office, and be succeeded by another or by others.
v. t. To cause to revolve.