verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. ambitransitive, obsolete

   "Till this they were not much enraged, but now no flames could exestuate more than their fury and ravings ;"

Synonyms

All synonyms

bubble upbubble up

Example

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"Till this they were not much enraged, but now no flames could exestuate more than their fury and ravings ;"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exaestuātus, passive participle of exaestuō (“to boil up”). See estuate.

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