insolate


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insolate

expose to the sun’s rays
Not to be confused with:
insolent – presumptuous; arrogant; impertinent: His insolent remarks were not well received.
insulate – protect from heat or electricity
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in·so·late

 (ĭn′sō-lāt′, ĭn-sō′-)
tr.v. in·so·lat·ed, in·so·lat·ing, in·so·lates
To expose to sunlight.

[Latin īnsōlāre, īnsōlāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]
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insolate

(ˈɪnsəʊˌleɪt)
vb
(tr) to expose to sunlight, as for bleaching
[C17: from Latin insōlāre to place in the sun, from in-2 + sōl sun]
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insolate


Past participle: insolated
Gerund: insolating

Imperative
insolate
insolate
Present
I insolate
you insolate
he/she/it insolates
we insolate
you insolate
they insolate
Preterite
I insolated
you insolated
he/she/it insolated
we insolated
you insolated
they insolated
Present Continuous
I am insolating
you are insolating
he/she/it is insolating
we are insolating
you are insolating
they are insolating
Present Perfect
I have insolated
you have insolated
he/she/it has insolated
we have insolated
you have insolated
they have insolated
Past Continuous
I was insolating
you were insolating
he/she/it was insolating
we were insolating
you were insolating
they were insolating
Past Perfect
I had insolated
you had insolated
he/she/it had insolated
we had insolated
you had insolated
they had insolated
Future
I will insolate
you will insolate
he/she/it will insolate
we will insolate
you will insolate
they will insolate
Future Perfect
I will have insolated
you will have insolated
he/she/it will have insolated
we will have insolated
you will have insolated
they will have insolated
Future Continuous
I will be insolating
you will be insolating
he/she/it will be insolating
we will be insolating
you will be insolating
they will be insolating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been insolating
you have been insolating
he/she/it has been insolating
we have been insolating
you have been insolating
they have been insolating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been insolating
you will have been insolating
he/she/it will have been insolating
we will have been insolating
you will have been insolating
they will have been insolating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been insolating
you had been insolating
he/she/it had been insolating
we had been insolating
you had been insolating
they had been insolating
Conditional
I would insolate
you would insolate
he/she/it would insolate
we would insolate
you would insolate
they would insolate
Past Conditional
I would have insolated
you would have insolated
he/she/it would have insolated
we would have insolated
you would have insolated
they would have insolated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.insolate - expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"
expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
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Bhai and Kumar (2008) have emphasized that the degree of in vitro inhibition and the potential of rhizobacteria for suppression of Fov infection varies according to the type of insolate used.
Physical bullying has to do with physical attacks or injury to another person, verbal bullying refers to making a mockery or insulting someone, while social bullying refers to the use of peer rejection or exclusion to humiliate or insolate a person.
"The executive order described as a further step in the US effort to insolate Iran, prevents any assets deemed to be in US control-including foreign branches of American banks from being transferred, paid, exported or withdrawn." (Reuters).