Estuate
//ˈɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To swell up or rage; to be agitated. archaic, intransitive
"it is onely profitable to a ſtomacke that eſtuateth with heat"
Example
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Etymology
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”).
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