Estivate

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ES·ti·vate
Variant(s): also aes·ti·vate /-"vAt/
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -vat·ed; -vat·ing
1 : to spend the summer usually at one place
2 : to pass the summer in a state of torpor -- compare HIBERNATE
{slapping head} of course! Hiber/l'hiver; Estate/été, etc

[Origin: 1620–30; < L aestīvātus, ptp. of aestīvāre to reside during the summer (akin to aestīvus of or relating to summer); see -ate1]

This one came up from a combination of being in New Orleans (see def #2) and working with a crossword puzzle doer.

[Perry]

With my normal frenzied schedule, I neither get to estivate nor to hibernate. Ah well, to quote BB King, "someday baby!".

[skinem]

Well, I do get to estivate (stay at home during the summer) but I don't estivate. Perhaps in a stupor, but not in a state of torpor.