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Definition of: estivate
(es′tə·vāt) v.i. ·vat·ed, ·vat·ing
1. To pass the summer.
2. To pass the summer in torpor: said of certain animals. Compare HIBERNATE. Also spelled aestivate. [<L aestivatus, pp. of aestivare <aestas summer]
—es′·ti·va′tor noun
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