insolate

American  

[in-soh-layt] / ˈɪn soʊˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

insolated, insolating

1. to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.

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insolate British  

/ ˈɪnsəʊˌleɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to expose to sunlight, as for bleaching

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Other Word Forms

• uninsolated
  adjective
• uninsolating
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of insolate

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin insōlātus, past participle of insōlāre “to place in the sun”; see in- ², soli- ², -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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insolated

Love Is Blind takes singles and drops them into insolated pods for rounds of speed-dating until they start proposing to each other.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2020

As Harvey approached Texas, George and volunteers scoured the beach and collected about 280 eggs that waited out the storm indoors, inside insolated containers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2017

Thus, our whin-stone, interjected in flat beds between the regular strata, often presents its edge upon, or near the summit of our insolated mountains and eminences.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by James Hutton

They have chosen to remain isolated and insolated; keeping their history, their wisdom, and their deeds to themselves.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Lewis Gaylord Clark

By treating the insolated paper with these solutions, the image is destroyed, and the paper can be used again.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois

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