insolate

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

Verb

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

Origin

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.

Forms

insolates insolating insolated

Related

insolation solstice