estivate

Verb
Synonyms: aestivate

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Verb (1)

  1. sleep during summer“certain animals estivate”Synonyms: aestivateOpposite hibernateMore general sleep, kip
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Es′ti·val adjective, Es′ti·vate (…), intransitive verb, Es′ti·va′tion (…), noun

Same as æstival, æstivate, etc.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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