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aestivate

VI ผ่าน ฤดูร้อน  estivate phan-rue-du-ron

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AESTIVATE

Æs "ti *vate, v. i. Etym: [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]

 

1. To spend the summer.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aestivate

aes ti vate ▶verb variant spelling of estivate.

 

Oxford Dictionary

aestivate

aestivate |ˈiːstɪveɪt, ˈɛst - |(US estivate ) ▶verb [ no obj. ] Zoology (of an insect, fish, or amphibian ) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘pass the summer ’): from Latin aestivat-, from aestivare ‘spend the summer ’, from aestus ‘heat ’.