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Root
Root
v. i.
To
shout
for
, or
otherwise
noisly
applaud
or
encourage
, a
contestant
, as in
sports
;
hence
, to
wish
earnestly
for
the
success
of
some
one
or
the
happening
of
some
event
,
with
the
superstitious
notion
that
this
action
may
have
efficacy
;
usually
with
for
; as,
the
crowd
rooted
for
the
home
team
.
Root
v. i.
To
turn
up
the
earth
with
the
snout
, as
swine
.
Root
v. i.
Hence
, to
seek
for
favor
or
advancement
by
low
arts
or
groveling
servility
; to
fawn
servilely
.
Root
v. t.
To
turn
up or to
dig
out
with
the
snout
; as,
the
swine
roots
the
earth
.
Root
n.
The
underground
portion
of a
plant
,
whether
a
true
root
or a
tuber
, a
bulb
or
rootstock
, as in
the
potato
,
the
onion
, or
the
sweet
flag
.
Root
n.
The
descending
,
and
commonly
branching
,
axis
of a
plant
,
increasing
in
length
by
growth
at
its
extremity
only
,
not
divided
into
joints
,
leafless
and
without
buds
,
and
having
for
its
offices
to
fix
the
plant
in
the
earth
, to
supply
it
with
moisture
and
soluble
matters
,
and
sometimes
to
serve
as a
reservoir
of
nutriment
for
future
growth
. A
true
root
,
however
,
may
never
reach
the
ground
,
but
may
be
attached
to a
wall
,
etc
., as in
the
ivy
, or
may
hang
loosely
in
the
air
, as in
some
epiphytic
orchids
.
Root
n.
An
edible
or
esculent
root
,
especially
of
such
plants
as
produce
a
single
root
, as
the
beet
,
carrot
,
etc
.; as,
the
root
crop
.
Root
n.
That
which
resembles
a
root
in
position
or
function
,
esp
. as a
source
of
nourishment
or
support
;
that
from
which
anything
proceeds
as if by
growth
or
development
; as,
the
root
of a
tooth
, a
nail
, a
cancer
,
and
the
like
.
Root
n.
An
ancestor
or
progenitor
;
and
hence
, an
early
race
; a
stem
.
Root
n.
A
primitive
form
of
speech
;
one
of
the
earliest
terms
employed
in
language
; a
word
from
which
other
words
are
formed
; a
radix
, or
radical
.
Root
n.
The
cause
or
occasion
by
which
anything
is
brought
about
;
the
source
.
Root
n.
That
factor
of a
quantity
which
when
multiplied
into
itself
will
produce
that
quantity
;
thus
, 3 is a
root
of 9,
because
3
multiplied
into
itself
produces
9; 3 is
the
cube
root
of 27.
Root
n.
The
fundamental
tone
of
any
chord
;
the
tone
from
whose
harmonics
, or
overtones
, a
chord
is
composed
.
Root
n.
The
lowest
place
,
position
, or
part
.
Root
n.
The
time
which
to
reckon
in
making
calculations
.
Root
v. i.
To
fix
the
root
; to
enter
the
earth
, as
roots
; to
take
root
and
begin
to
grow
.
Root
v. i.
To be
firmly
fixed
; to be
established
.
Root
v. t.
To
plant
and
fix
deeply
in
the
earth
, or as in
the
earth
; to
implant
firmly
;
hence
, to
make
deep
or
radical
; to
establish
;
used
chiefly
in
the
participle
; as,
rooted
trees
or
forests
;
rooted
dislike
.
Root
v. t.
To
tear
up by
the
root
; to
eradicate
; to
extirpate
;
with
up,
out
, or
away
.
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