estivate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb sleep during summer
    aestivate.
    • certain animals estivate

WordNet

Æs"ti*vate intransitive verb (Also<
  • AEstivate
  • Æstivate
  • Estivate
)
Etymology
L. aestivare, aestivatum.
Definitions
  1. To spend the summer.
  2. (Zoöl.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. Spelt also estivate.

Webster 1913