Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See æstuate, æstuation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
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- verb transitive To
boil up ; toswell andrage ; to beagitated .
Etymologies
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Latin aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, from aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Ancient Greek to burn. See ether.
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