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es⋅ti⋅vate

  [es-tuh-veyt]
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–verb (used without object), -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
1. to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
2. Zoology. to spend a hot, dry season in an inactive, dormant state, as certain reptiles, snails, insects, and small mammals.
Compare hibernate.

Origin:
1620–30; < L aestīvātus, ptp. of aestīvāre to reside during the summer (akin to aestīvus of or relating to summer); see -ate 1

Related forms:
es⋅ti⋅va⋅tor, noun
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: es·ti·vate
Variant: or aes·ti·vate /-"vAt/
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms:-vat·ed; -vat·ing
: to pass the summer in a state of torpor —compare HIBERNATE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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