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

See Examples For:

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

The abbot's house is a large stone building, occupied by several families, and near it is a singular chapel, or oratory, being a long arched edifice, with a insolated stone altar near the east end.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

Benevolence, gratitude, complacency and heroism are not exercised in an insolated condition—they are called out only in mutual associations with our fellow-men.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 by Aaron Walker

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

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