Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bask

Bask (bȧsk) , intransitive verb

[OScand. baeask to bathe one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, transitive verb]

To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. — Goldsmith

Bask , transitive verb

To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
Basks at the fire his hairy strength. — Milton