insolate
English
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.
Verb
insolate (third-person singular simple present insolates, present participle insolating, simple past and past participle insolated)
Related terms
References
- ^ Samuel Johnson (15 April 1755), “INSOLATE”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–K), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC.
Further reading
- “insolate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.