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rotavate, rotovate, v.|ˈrəʊtəveɪt, ˈrəʊtəʊ-|
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. To prepare (a field, garden, etc.) with a Rotavator; to work (a substance) into the soil by means of a Rotavator. Hence ˈrota-, ˈrotovating vbl. n.; ˈrota-, ˈrotovation.
1959Birmingham Post 10 June 1/1 A new allotment..had been ‘adequately fenced, roadways constructed and the site ploughed and rotavated’. 1960Farmer & Stock-breeder 26 Jan. 78/3 It is not claimed that Rotavation is suitable for all cultivations, all the time, in all soils. 1962Times 11 Apr. 24/3 Garden rotovated. 1962Times 3 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. vii/5 The usual procedure..is to rotavate the dead herbage. 1971Nature 13 Aug. 446/2 The British Ministry of Agriculture suffered some criticism for suggesting that the best way of disposing of surplus and unwanted DDT..was to rotovate it into the soil. 1977Jersey Even. Post 26 July 24/6 (Advt.), Subsoiling and rotovating undertaken at competitive rates. 1978Rescue News Summer 4/2 Methods of working peat include rotovation. |