rotated

Variant of rotate

intransitive verb, transitive verb rotated, rotating

  1. to turn around or cause to turn around a center point or axis; revolve
  2. to go or cause to go in a regular and recurring succession of changes; take, or cause to take, turns: to rotate crops

Origin: < L rotatus, pp. of rotare, to turn < rota, wheel: see roll

adjective

shaped like a wheel, with radiating parts, as the corolla of some flowers

Origin: < L rota, wheel + -ate

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