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† eˈxæstuate, v. Obs.
Also 7 exe-.
[f. exæstuāt- ppl. stem of exæstuā-re, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + æstuā-re to boil up. Cf. æstuate.]
1. intr. To boil up; to ferment; (of flames) to flare up.
1642Strangling Gt. Turk in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) V. 192 No flames could exestuate more than their fury and ravings. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Exæstuate, to boil or cast up waves, or as a boiling pot does. 1775in Ash.
2. trans. To overheat.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 53 That it may not too much exestuate the liver.
¶ (Wrongly explained; see quot.).
1657Phys. Dict., Exestuate, destroy the heat of any part.
Hence † eˈxæstuating ppl. a., that boils or surges up.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 219 The unloadings or things cast over-board by the exestuating bloud. |