v. [f. SOLAR a. + -IZE. So F. solariser.]
1. trans. To affect or modify by the influence of the sun or the action of its rays; spec. in Photogr., to injure by over-exposure to light.
1855. Bailey, Mystic, 13. Then, solarized, he pressed onwards to the sun.
1892. Photogr. Ann., II. 74–5. An exposure to bright sunlight, sufficient to solarise the slowest glatino-bromide plate.
2. intr. To be affected by solarization.
1868. M. C. Lea, Photography, 137 (Cent. Dict.). It is a familiar fact that iodide of silver solarizes very easily.
1906. Westm. Gaz., 13 Oct., 14/2. There is a tendency on the part of the paper to solarise when printed by direct sunlight.
Hence Solarized, Solarizing ppl. adjs.
1870. Eng. Mech., 18 March, 661/2. I … find … more than one solarised place.
1882. Nature, 13 July, 246. Portions of the solarised eye that had escaped the solarising action.
1890. J. Pulsford, Loyalty to Christ, I. 188. Much in the same way that the solarized atmosphere of our world becomes inbuilt … in the trunk and branches of a tree.
