The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
A developed system of roots.
1 They startled but lacked rootage .
2 And he has not hesitated to depict its rootage in the flesh; not overlooking its rise in the spirit to noblest heights.
3 This was to give the peas deep rootage , which is a point necessary for the quick and stable growth of this vegetable.
4 This morainial deposit which offered rootage for the trees and bushes was but a narrow streak- asortof an island on the glacier.
5 You forget the wide rootages of everything when you boost some particular region.
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