exestuate

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UK/ɛɡˈzɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t/US/ɛɡˈzɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/

verb

To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbexestuate (third-person singular simple present exestuates, present participle exestuating, simple past and past participle exestuated)

present singular third person exestuates · participle present exestuating · participle past exestuated · past exestuated · alternative exæstuate

  1. 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, →OCLC
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    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

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Origin

  1. Latinexaestuātus
  2. Englishexestuate

Borrowed from Latin exaestuātus, passive participle of exaestuō (“to boil up”). See estuate.

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APA

exestuate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exestuate

MLA

“exestuate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exestuate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exestuate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exestuate.

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