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English Dictionary: estivate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
estivate
v
  1. sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate" [syn: estivate, aestivate]
    Antonym(s): hibernate, hole up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   92stivate \[92]s"ti*vate\, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]
      1. To spend the summer.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt
            also {estivate}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Estival \Es"ti*val\, a., Estivate \Es"ti*vate\, v. i.,
   Estivation \Es`ti*va"tion\, n.
      Same as {[92]stival}, {[92]stivate}, etc.
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