Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat. · To expose oneself to heat, especially sunlight, in order to raise body temperature, as a form of thermoregulation. · To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe act of bathing in warmth. · A group of crocodiles.
Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.
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