v. Obs.; also 7 estuate. [f. L. æstuät- ppl. stem of æstuā-re to be hot, boil up, bubble.] To boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide.

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1620.  Venner, Via Recta, Introd. 11. A stomacke that estuateth with heat.

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1648.  Jos. Beaumont, Psyche, VIII. iii. Æstuating in her mighty toil The sea has wrought up to her highest shore.

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1692.  Wagstaffe, Vind. Carolinæ, iv. 41. Some humours might glow and estuate in the body.

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