Talk:corradiate

Pronunciation

Is it really pronounced /kəˈɹeɪdɪeɪt/ in RP (with the vowel after the "d" being the vowel of "bit"), rather than /kəˈɹeɪdieɪt/ (with the vowel of "be")? - -sche (discuss) 02:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

RFV

The following discussion has been moved from Wiktionary:Requests for verification.

This discussion is no longer live and is left here as an archive. Please do not modify this conversation, but feel free to discuss its conclusions.

---

September 2011

corradiate

RfV-sense for "To converge at a point; to focus."; the OED [2ⁿᵈ ed., 1989] has "To radiate together; to unite their rays.". — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 09:32, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Are these so different that we can't just reword it slightly? Since it's in the OED, I'm assuming you're not refuting its overall existence. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:42, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

No, I only request that the different sense that we have be verified. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 21:54, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

... Perhaps: to diverge from a point? Dbfirs 09:48, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

It could do with such a second definition. Coleridge seems to use it to mean "to shine together". SemperBlotto 09:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I've just read the Coleridge and Neale citations, but I'm having trouble interpreting exactly what either of them meant. I agree that there does seem to be a sense of togetherness. I've added a general sense, but is it too vague? Dbfirs 09:55, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Can anybody understand Coleridge these days? Anyway, I shall try to provide some citations and also attempt to improve the definition(s). SemperBlotto 10:06, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

I really can't make sense of any of the citations... - -sche (discuss) 00:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I have now tagged all senses {{rfv}}... there are three citations on the citations page, but I can't figure out what sense any of them has. - -sche (discuss) 04:58, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I had trouble figuring these out, too. I added a couple more citations, and they seemed to clarify the intended meanings. I also added an extra meaning "radiate simultaneously" though perhaps "radiate in harmony" is more appropriate. --BenjaminBarrett12 (talk) 09:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

This is an excellent example of the fact that Google adds new books to its collection every day: many of the citations you found and added didn't exist online when they RFV began last year! I've modified the definition and detagged it. If anyone wants to tweak the definition further, go ahead. - -sche (discuss) 03:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)