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estivate

/ˈɛstɪˌveɪt/

verb estivates · estivating · estivated · aestivate · æstivate

intransitive To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months. Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.

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verb go into stasis in the summer months

Español	estivar
Français	estiver
Italiano	estivare

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@misc{estivate_2026,
  title = {estivate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/estivate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}