Meanings
present singular third person exestuates · participle present exestuating · participle past exestuated · past exestuated · alternative exæstuate
- ambitransitiveobsoleteTo be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.
Till this they were not much enraged, but now no flames could exestuate more than their fury and ravings ;
1808 [1610], “The Strangling and Death of the Great Turk”, in William Oldys, John Malham, editors, The Harleian Miscellany, volume 5, London: Robert Dutton, →OCLC1 more example
In excess, they [wine and alcohol] increase, excite, provoke, exaggerate, exestuate, and demonize the passions ; while blasted prospects, ruined hopes, destroyed health, poverty, pain, sorrow, woe, wretchedness, and crime, generally follow their intemperate use
1845, Edward Binns, The Anatomy of Sleep, London: John Churchill, →OL, pages 417–418
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinexaestuātus
- Englishexestuate
Borrowed from Latin exaestuātus, passive participle of exaestuō (“to boil up”). See estuate.
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