Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive, rare)To bask in the sun.

    Cats like to apricate.

    sonnen, ein Sonnenbad nehmen

  2. (also, figuratively, rare, transitive)To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
to bask in the sun — see also bask, sun, sunbathe:

Origin

From Latin apricus (“sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by the sun”) + -ate. Apricus i

From Latin apricus (“sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by the sun”) + -ate. Apricus is derived from aperiō (“to open; to uncover”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”)) + -cus (suffix forming relational adjectives from nouns). Not cognate with apricot, although the latter term was also influenced by apricus.

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Forms

apricates, apricating, apricated, apricated
Base formapricate · to apricate
3rd person singularapricates
Present participleapricating
Past simpleapricated
Past participleapricated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyapricate
he, she, itapricates

Past simpleLesson

all personsapricated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave apricated
he, she, ithas apricated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill apricate

Synonyms

4 synonyms
both senses:sunA1
to bask in the sun:sunbatheB1bask
air (verb), ventilate:to disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun

Word family

2 related words
Relatedapricationapricity

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
approximateB2approximatelyB1approximationapricotapronA1
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