insolate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
    sun; solarize; solarise.
    • insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble
    • These herbs suffer when sunned

WordNet

In"so*late transitive verb
Etymology
L. insolatus, p. p. of insolare to expose to the sun; pref. in- in + sol the sun.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Insolated ; present participle & verbal noun Insolating
Definitions
  1. To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. Johnson.

Webster 1913