Meaning aestivate
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aestivate


(Also written as estivate.) To spend a dry, hot season in an inactive, dormant state.
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aestivate


(L: aestus= heat; aestivare= to sleep through the summer heat, in a state of torpor) being dormant during summer or dry season, much like hibernation which is being dormant during winter.
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aestivate


(v) sleep during summer
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aestivate


To enter a state of dormancy in seasonal hot, dry weather, when food is scarce. Sometimes spelled "estivate."
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aestivate


to pass the summer or dry season in a dormant condition
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aestivate


1. To spend the summer. 2. <zoology> To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate. Origin: L. Aestivare, aestivatum. (01 Mar 1998)
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aestivate


estivate|lang=en
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