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Webster 1913 Edition

Estuate

Es′tu-ate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Estuated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Estuating
.]
[L.
aestuare
to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr.
aestus
boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr.[GREEK] to burn. See
Ether
.]
To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Estuate

ES'TUATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. oestuo, to boil.] To boil; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

Definition 2024

estuate

estuate

English

Verb

estuate ‎(third-person singular simple present estuates, present participle estuating, simple past and past participle estuated)

  1. (transitive) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
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Etymology

From Latin aestuare ‎(“to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn”), from aestus ‎(“boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat”), akin to Ancient Greek [Term?] ‎(“to burn”). See ether.

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