estuate

verb /ˈɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t/

1. To swell up or rage; to be agitated.

   intransitive, obsolete

   it is onely profitable to a ſtomacke that eſtuateth with heat

Where it comes from

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”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry estuate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← estreesurient →

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