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Definition of: hibernate
(hī′bər·nāt) v.i. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing
1. To pass the winter, especially in a torpid state, as certain animals.
2. To pass the time in seclusion. [<L hibernatus, pp. of hibernare <hiems winter]
—hi′ber·na′tion noun
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