INSOLATE

sun, insolate, solarize, solarise

(verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; “insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble”; “These herbs suffer when sunned”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

insolate (third-person singular simple present insolates, present participle insolating, simple past and past participle insolated)

(transitive) To dry in, or expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


In"so*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insolating.] Etym: [L. insolatus, p. p. of insolare to expose to the sun; pref. in- in + sol the sun.]

Definition: To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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