† exaestuatev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To boil up; to ferment; (of flames) to flare up.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > flare up
to burn out, fortha1382
to burst (out) into flamec1385
fuff1513
upbraid1513
exaestuate1642
flash1661
to flare up1846
1642 Strangling Great Turk in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) V. 192 No flames could exestuate more than their fury and ravings.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To Exæstuate,..to boil or cast up Waves, &c. or as a Pot does.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
2.
a. transitive. To overheat.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > excessively
overheata1398
swelta1400
parboil1565
over-fire1626
exaestuate1657
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. H3 That it may not too much exestuate the liver.
b. (Wrongly explained; see quot. 1657).
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1657 Physical Dict. Exestuate, destroy the heat of any part.
Derivatives
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] > boiling with agitated motion
effervescent1684
exaestuating1684
ebullitionary1830
walloping1845
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 219 The unloadings or things cast over-board by the exestuating bloud.
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