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apricate

/ˈæpɹɪkeɪt/ UK
/ˈæpɹikeɪt/ US

Where it comes from

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.

verb apricates · apricating · apricated

intransitive, rare To bask in the sun. Cats like to apricate.
Similar: sun, bask, sunbathe
also, figuratively, rare, transitive To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun. No longer were social parties the old heraldic solemnities enjoyed by red letters in the almanac, in which the chief objects were to discharge some arrear of ceremonious debt, or to ventilate old velvets, or to apricate and refresh old gouty systems and old traditions of feudal ostentation, which bo

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verb to bask in the sun — see also bask, sun, sunbathe

Español	solearse, asolearse, lagartear, tomar sol
Français	lézarder
Deutsch	sonnen, ein Sonnenbad nehmen

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@misc{apricate_2026,
  title = {apricate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apricate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}