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estivate

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
estivate

"to spend the summer," 1650s, from Latin aestivatus, past participle of aestivare "to spend the summer," from aestus "heat," aestas "summer," literally "the hot season," from Proto-Italic *aissat-, from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice). Related: Estivated; estivating; estivation.

Wiktionary
estivate

alt. (context intransitive English) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months. vb. (context intransitive English) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

WordNet
estivate

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

Usage examples of "estivate".

Among his estivating colleagues only Cedric Carnavon was also sitting up.