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SOLARIZE
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
Etymology
Verb
solarize (third-person singular simple present solarizes, present participle solarizing, simple past and past participle solarized)
(transitive) To subject to solarization.
(transitive, dated, photography) To overexpose.
(intransitive, dated, photography) To become overexposed.
(horticulture) To treat soil by covering with plastic and exposing to sunlight.
To convert to using solar energy.
Anagrams
• oralizes
Source: Wiktionary
So"lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Solarizing.] (Photog.)
Definition: To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.
So"lar*ize, v. i. (Photog.)
Definition: To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
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