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radiate

/ˈɹeɪdi.ət/
noun
  1. One of the Radiata.

verb
  1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

  2. To emit rays or waves.

    "The stove radiates heat."

  3. To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

    "The heat radiates from a stove."

Synonymsirradiate
adjective
  1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

    "a radiate crystal"

  2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.

  3. Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.

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