单词 | apricate |
释义 | apricatev. rare. 1. intransitive. To bask in the sun. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.a1691 |
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