Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See æstuate, æstuation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

Etymologies

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Latin aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, from aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Ancient Greek to burn. See ether.

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