English Explanatory Dictionary

insolate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To dry in, or expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

Word forms

insolate insolates insolating insolated

Etymology

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.

Related words

insolation solstice
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