irradiate
verb
[ ɪˈreɪdɪeɪt ]
• expose (someone or something) to radiation.
Similar:
treat with radiation,
expose to radiation,
X-ray,
• illuminate (something) by or as if by shining light on it.
• "happiness filled her, irradiating her whole face"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘emit rays, shine upon’): from Latin irradiat- ‘shone upon’, from the verb irradiare, from in- ‘upon’ + radiare ‘to shine’ (from radius ‘ray’).
