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Definition of Aestivate
1. Verb. Sleep during summer. "Certain animals estivate"
Generic synonyms: Catch Some Z's, Kip, Log Z's, Sleep, Slumber
Derivative terms: Aestivation, Estivation
Antonyms: Hibernate, Hibernate
Definition of Aestivate
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of estivate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aestivate
1. [v -VATED, -VATING, -VATES]
Medical Definition of Aestivate
1.
1. To spend the summer.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aestivate
Literary usage of Aestivate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The Australian mudfish (Ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.
In countries where winter frosts arrest the growth of vegetation terrestrial ..."
2. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1877)
"The practical question arises, whether, when food and water fail, some fish do
not aestivate until the return of; more favourable season ? ..."
3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Birds cannot burrow or aestivate, but they can migrate. The number of species
resident in the desert are very few, but this was probably always so. ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"In creatures that hibernate and aestivate the rhythm is seasonal, prolonged and
interrupted. Beyond the arctic circle, spring is one prolonged dawn ..."
5. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"in the earth during the winter, but in warmer countries they sleep during the
hotter months (aestivate). Family CHELY- DRID^:.—SNAPPING- TURTLES. ..."
6. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"Some species aestivate during the hot and dry season. They hibernate either in
the ground, or occasionally in ponds. T. vul</aris is difficult to keep in ..."
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