estivate
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es·ti·vate
also aes·ti·vate (ĕs'tə-vāt') 
intr.v., -vat·ed, also -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -vat·ing, -vates, -vates.
intr.v., -vat·ed, also -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -vat·ing, -vates, -vates.
- To spend the summer, as at a special place.
- Zoology. To pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.
[Latin aestīvāre, aestīvāt-, from aestīvus, estival. See estival.]
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aestivate
IN BRIEF: Sleep all summer
We are more familiar with animals that hibernate and those that aestivate.
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