Abask

/əˈbæsk/ verb

To bask in; to enjoy the warmth or pleasant feeling of something, often used in old or poetic English.

From 'a-' (to, in) + 'bask' (to lie in warmth or comfort). 'Bask' comes from Old Norse 'badask,' meaning to bathe oneself, and was absorbed into English around the 1300s.

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