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Verb: aestivate  'ees-tu,veyt or 'es-tu,veyt
  1. Sleep during summer
    "certain animals aestivate";
    - estivate [N. Amer]

Derived forms: aestivates, aestivating, aestivated

Type of: catch some Z's [N. Amer, informal], sleep, slumber

Antonym: hole up

Encyclopedia: Aestivate

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aesthete
aesthetic
aesthetical
aesthetically
aesthetician
aestheticise
aestheticism
aestheticize
aesthetics
aestival
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aestivation
AEthelberht of Kent
AEthelred of Wessex
aether
Aether
Aethionema
Aethusa
Aethusa cynapium
aetiologic
aetiological