rotate

Definitions

1. 1.To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
2. 2.To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
3. 3.To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
4. 4.To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office." Harper's Mag.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve called?
• What is to perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office called?
• What is to cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle called?
• What is to cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office." Harper's Mag called?