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verb (used without object)
1.
to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth: to bask in the sunshine.
2.
to enjoy a pleasant situation: He basked in royal favor.
verb (used with object)
3.
Obsolete. to expose to warmth or heat.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse bathask to bathe oneself, equivalent to bath- bath1 + -ask reflexive suffix
1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse bathask to bathe oneself, equivalent to bath- bath1 + -ask reflexive suffix
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- But at the end of the war, the survivors did not bask in the glory together.
- But to bask in it's past glory is nothing short of atavistic nationalism.
- In return, he deserved to bask in the glory of discovery.
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bask
late 14c., basken "to wallow (in blood)," from O.N. baðask, reflexive of baða "bathe" (see bathe). Modern meaning "soak up a flood of warmth" is apparently due to Shakespeare's use of the word in reference to sunshine in "As You Like It" (1600).
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