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estivate Definition


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aestivate
estivate
verb
    aestivated, aestivating
    1. Said of certain animals: to survive the hot summer months in a dormant or torpid state. Compare hibernate.
Etymology: 17c, meaning ‘to spend the summer', from Latin aestivare, from aestas summer.




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