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rotate verb (rotated, rotating) 1 tr & intr to turn or make something turn about an axis like a wheel; to revolve. 2 to arrange in an ordered sequence. 3 intrans to change position, take turns in doing something, etc according to an ordered sequence. 4 to grow (different crops) in an ordered sequence on the same ground to avoid exhausting the soil and to resist the onset of plant-specific diseases. adj bot said of the petals of a corolla: wheel-shaped; radiating like the spokes of a wheel. rotatable adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin rotare, rotatum, from rota wheel.