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apricate, v. rare.|ˈæprɪkeɪt| [f. L. aprīcāt- ppl. stem of aprīcā-ri to bask in the sun, f. aprīcus exposed (to the sun).] 1. intr. To bask in the sun.
a1691? in Boyle; see Todd. a1697Aubrey in Halliwell s.v. Toms-of-Bedlam, His lordship was wont to recreate himself in this place, to apricate and contemplate. 1704Ray Let. to Aubrey II. 159 (T.) Cesar, I think, said that ‘verbum insolens tanquam scopulum fugiendum est.’ I'll name you one or two, to Apricate, suscepted, vesicate. 2. trans. To expose to sunlight. Also transf.
1851De Quincey Wks. XIII. 16 To apricate and refresh old gouty systems and old traditions. a1858― Autobiog. Sk. vi. Wks. II. 337 Not sunning, but mooning himself—apricating himself in the occasional moonbeams. |