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bask
late 14c.,
basken
"to wallow (in blood)," from O.N.
bašask
, reflexive of
baša
"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).
