estivate

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a design to estivate with us.

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  1. intransitive verb To spend the summer, as at a special place.
  2. intransitive verb Zoology To pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.

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  • a design to estivate with us. —  Walden
 

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  1. Latin aestīvāre, aestīvāt-, from aestīvus, estival; see estival.
 

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/ˈɛstɪvejt/
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