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Webster 1913 Edition
Bask
Bask
(bȧsk)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Basked
(bȧskt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Basking
.] [OScand. , ]
baðask
to bathe one’s self, or perh. bakask
to bake one's self, sk
being reflexive. See Bath
, Noun.
Bake
, Verb.
T.
To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks
in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.
Bask
,Verb.
T.
To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
Basks
at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bask
B'ASK
,Verb.
I.
To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat; to be at ease and thriving under benign influences; as, to bask in the blaze of day; to bask in the sunshine of royal favor. The word includes the idea of some continuance of exposure.
B'ASK
,Verb.
T.