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estuate

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t/
  • General-American: /ˈɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/

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verb

Meaning 1

To swell up or rage; to be agitated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

Examples

  • 1614, Francis Bacon, speech [...] [about the] Undertakers these vapours were not gone up to the head, howsoever they might glow and estuate in the body

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).