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.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, Introd. 11. A stomacke that estuateth with heat.
1648. Jos. Beaumont, Psyche, VIII. iii. Æstuating in her mighty toil The sea has wrought up to her highest shore.
1692. Wagstaffe, Vind. Carolinæ, iv. 41. Some humours might glow and estuate in the body.