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单词 apricate
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apricatev.

/ˈaprɪkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin aprīcāt- participial stem of aprīcāri to bask in the sun, < aprīcus exposed (to the sun).
rare.
1. intransitive. To bask in the sun.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > be subjected or exposed to heat or fire [verb (intransitive)] > expose oneself to sun
sun1572
apricatea1691
sunbathe1917
a1691 in Boyle; see Todd
1691 J. Ray Let. to Aubrey 22 Oct. in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) II. 159 Cæsar, I think, said that verbum insolens tanquam scopulum fugiendum est. I'll name you one or two, to apricate, suscepted, vesicate.
a1697 Aubrey in Halliwell at Toms-of-Bedlam His lordship was wont to recreate himself in this place, to apricate and contemplate.
2. transitive. To expose to sunlight. Also transferred.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to the sun
sunc1460
to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning1510
insolate1623
apricate1839
1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminiscences in Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 461/2 Not sunning, but mooning himself—apricating himself in the occasional moonbeams.
1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 234/1 To apricate and refresh old gouty systems and old traditions.
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