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AEstivate

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.

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aestivate

vb. (alternative spelling of estivate English)

WordNet
aestivate

v. sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate" [syn: estivate] [ant: hibernate, hibernate]

Usage examples of "aestivate".

George: I thought you two would still be aestivating at a more popular location, letting your minds vegetate while our charmingly unpretentious hosts waited on your every biological need.

Trueminds aestivated during the decade-long hops between planetary civilizations.