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aestivate

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aes⋅ti⋅vate

  [es-tuh-veyt or, especially Brit., ee-stuh-]
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–verb (used without object), -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
estivate.
Related forms:
aes⋅ti⋅va⋅tion, noun
aes⋅ti⋅va⋅tor, noun
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aes·ti·vate   (ěs'tə-vāt')   
v.  Variant of estivate.
es·ti·vate also aes·ti·vate   (ěs'tə-vāt')   
intr.v.   es·ti·vat·ed also aes·ti·vat·ed, es·ti·vat·ing also aes·ti·vat·ing, es·ti·vates also aes·ti·vates

  1. To spend the summer, as at a special place.

  2. Zoology To pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.


[Latin aestīvāre, aestīvāt-, from aestīvus, estival; see estival.]
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