Verb
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expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
"insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"
"These herbs suffer when sunned"
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overexpose to sunlight
"be careful not to solarize the photographic film"
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become overexposed
"The film solarized"
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reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it