Insolate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insolate \In"so*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insolated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Insolating}.] [L. insolatus, p. p. of insolare to
     expose to the sun; pref. in- in + sol the sun.]
     To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or
     prepare by such exposure. --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insolate
       v : 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" [syn: {sun}, {solarize},
            {solarise}]