Estivate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  AEstivate \[AE]s"ti*vate\, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]
     1. To spend the summer.
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     2. (Zool.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Estival \Es"ti*val\, a., Estivate \Es"ti*vate\, v. i.,
  Estivation \Es`ti*va"tion\, n.
     Same as {[ae]stival}, {[ae]stivate}, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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