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verb
To dry in, or expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sun, solarize, solarise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expose
History
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin insōlātus, perfect passive participle of insōlō (“to expose to the sun”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + sōl (“the sun”) + -ō.
