SOLARISE

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”

solarize, solarise

(verb) overexpose to sunlight; “be careful not to solarize the photographic film”

solarize, solarise

(verb) become overexposed; “The film solarized”

solarize, solarise

(verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

solarise (third-person singular simple present solarises, present participle solarising, simple past and past participle solarised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of solarize.

Anagrams

• aerosils, oralises

Source: Wiktionary



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8 February 2025

STATE

(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”


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