aestivate
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estivate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Æs′ti·vate (…), intransitive verb
Origin: L. aestivare, aestivatum.
1. To spend the summer.
2. Zoology To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
[Spelt also estivate.]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54