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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Hibernated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Hibernating

[L.

hibernare

hibernatum

, fr.

hibernus

wintry. See

To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.

Inclination would lead me to

hibernate

, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain.

Southey.

Verb.

[L. hiberno.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters or in seclusion, as birds or beasts.