aestivateestivatev.

Brit.

/ˈiːstᵻveɪt/,

/ˈɛstᵻveɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛstəˌveɪt/

Forms: 1600s aestiuate, 1600s– estivate, 1700s– aestivate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aestīvāt-, aestīvāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin aestīvāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of aestīvāre to spend the summer < aestīvus aestive adj. Compare French estiver (a1473 in Middle French). Compare slightly later aestivation n. In sense 2 after aestivation n. 3.

1. intransitive. To spend the summer; to retire for the summer. (In quot. 1920 with allusion to sense 2.) Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [verb (intransitive)] > pass the spring, summer, or winter

winterc1384

summer1440

aestivate1623

perhiemate1623

summerize1797

hibernate1816

spring1835

December1845

overwinter1895

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Æstiuate, to summer in a place.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Estivate, to Summer in a place, to dwell or retire to a place for the Summer season.

1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Æstivate, to sojourn or lodge in a Place in Summertime.

1777 Mag. à la Mode Sept. 372/1 In pursuit of rural bliss, Left is the metropolis. None to estivate now fail.

1828 Kaleidoscope 14 Oct. 123/2 Every gentleman who estivates in the neighbourhood of Highgate or Kentish Town must know the people we mean.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 317 As if he had a design to estivate with us.

1920 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 7 Oct. 325/2 It was not until I came East that I became acquainted with those who aestivated—that is, became torpid at summer hotels and the like.

2. intransitive. Zoology. To pass the summer, or any prolonged period of hot or dry conditions, in a state of torpor or suspended animation; to undergo aestivation (aestivation n. 3). Cf. hibernate v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > aestivate

aestivate1851

1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 49 The mollusca..æstivate, or fall into a summer sleep when the heat is great.

1883 Sunday Mag. 676 The unfortunate reptile was estivating exactly under the spot where the fire had been made.

1916 Geogr. Jrnl. 48 387 Some fish and freshwater mussels estivate in the mud of dry holes and streams till the return of the rains.

1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods vii. 107 The noctuid moth Agrotis infusa of Australia leaves the cereal crops to aestivate in huge numbers during November, December and January near the tops of mountains.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes vii. 92/1 African lungfish (Protopteridae) produce ammonia when in the water but switch to urea production while estivating in a mud cocoon through long dry periods.

2007 M. O'Shea Boas & Pythons of World 28/2 They are sleeping, hibernating, aestivating, in pre-ecdysis (approaching a slough).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	aestivate
释义	aestivateestivatev. Brit. /ˈiːstᵻveɪt/, /ˈɛstᵻveɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛstəˌveɪt/ Forms: 1600s aestiuate, 1600s– estivate, 1700s– aestivate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aestīvāt-, aestīvāre. Etymology: < classical Latin aestīvāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of aestīvāre to spend the summer < aestīvus aestive adj. Compare French estiver (a1473 in Middle French). Compare slightly later aestivation n. In sense 2 after aestivation n. 3. 1. intransitive. To spend the summer; to retire for the summer. (In quot. 1920 with allusion to sense 2.) Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [verb (intransitive)] > pass the spring, summer, or winter winterc1384 summer1440 aestivate1623 perhiemate1623 summerize1797 hibernate1816 spring1835 December1845 overwinter1895 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Æstiuate, to summer in a place. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Estivate, to Summer in a place, to dwell or retire to a place for the Summer season. 1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Æstivate, to sojourn or lodge in a Place in Summertime. 1777 Mag. à la Mode Sept. 372/1 In pursuit of rural bliss, Left is the metropolis. None to estivate now fail. 1828 Kaleidoscope 14 Oct. 123/2 Every gentleman who estivates in the neighbourhood of Highgate or Kentish Town must know the people we mean. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 317 As if he had a design to estivate with us. 1920 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 7 Oct. 325/2 It was not until I came East that I became acquainted with those who aestivated—that is, became torpid at summer hotels and the like. 2. intransitive. Zoology. To pass the summer, or any prolonged period of hot or dry conditions, in a state of torpor or suspended animation; to undergo aestivation (aestivation n. 3). Cf. hibernate v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > aestivate aestivate1851 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 49 The mollusca..æstivate, or fall into a summer sleep when the heat is great. 1883 Sunday Mag. 676 The unfortunate reptile was estivating exactly under the spot where the fire had been made. 1916 Geogr. Jrnl. 48 387 Some fish and freshwater mussels estivate in the mud of dry holes and streams till the return of the rains. 1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods vii. 107 The noctuid moth Agrotis infusa of Australia leaves the cereal crops to aestivate in huge numbers during November, December and January near the tops of mountains. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes vii. 92/1 African lungfish (Protopteridae) produce ammonia when in the water but switch to urea production while estivating in a mud cocoon through long dry periods. 2007 M. O'Shea Boas & Pythons of World 28/2 They are sleeping, hibernating, aestivating, in pre-ecdysis (approaching a slough). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1623
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