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estuate

UK/ˈɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t/US/ˈɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/

estuate verb: to swell up or rage; to be agitated.

Verb

estuate (third-person singular simple present estuates, present participle estuating, simple past and past participle estuated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To swell up or rage; to be agitated.
    • it is onely profitable to a ſtomacke that eſtuateth with heat1620, Tobias Venner, Via Recta ad Vitam Longam
    • these vapours were not gone up to the head, howsoever they might glow and estuate in the body1614, Francis Bacon, speech […] [about the] Undertakers

Forms of estuate

third-person singular presentestuates
present participleestuating
past participleestuated
pastestuated
alternative form (obsolete)aestuate
alternative form (obsolete)æstuate

Origin of estuate

Borrowed from Latin aestuātus, past participial of aestuō (“to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn”), from aestus (“boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat”).

Questions about estuate

What does estuate mean?
Estuate means to swell up or rage; to be agitated.
What part of speech is estuate?
Estuate is a verb.
How do you pronounce estuate?
Estuate is pronounced /ˈɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t/ (UK).
What is the past tense of estuate?
The past tense of estuate is estuated.

Words near estuate in the dictionary

  1. estuary
  2. Estuary English
  3. estuary seahorse
  4. estuary seahorses
  5. estuarylike
  6. estuate
  7. estuated
  8. estuates
  9. estuating
  10. estuation
  11. estuations

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