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Meaning of INSOLATE

Pronunciation:  'insow`leyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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"
 
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 Synonyms: solarise, solarize, sun
 
 See Also: expose

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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