Definition of rotate

• a. - Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
• v. i. - To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
• v. i. - To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
• v. i. - To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
• v. i. - To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.