Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To swell up or rage; to be agitated.

    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

Origin

Borrowed from Latin aestuātus, past participial of aestuō (“to be in violent motion, to bo

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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Forms

estuates, estuating, estuated, estuated
Base formestuate · to estuate
3rd person singularestuates
Present participleestuating
Past simpleestuated
Past participleestuated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyestuate
he, she, itestuates

Past simpleLesson

all personsestuated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave estuated
he, she, ithas estuated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill estuate

Word family

5 related words
Relatedaestuousestuaryestuarialestuationexestuate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
estrangeestrangementestrogenestuaryetaetchC2etchingC2eternalB1

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