Hypertext Webster Gateway: "estivate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
AEstivate \[AE]s"ti*vate\, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]
1. To spend the summer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt
also {estivate}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estival \Es"ti*val\, a., Estivate \Es"ti*vate\, v. i.,
Estivation \Es`ti*va"tion\, n.
Same as {[AE]stival}, {[AE]stivate}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
estivate
v : sleep during summer, as of certain animals [syn: {aestivate}]
[ant: {hibernate}, {hibernate}]
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