Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

estuate

/ˈɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: es-tu-ate
IPA: /ˈɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To swell up or rage; to be agitated.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"it is onely profitable to a ſtomacke that eſtuateth with heat"
"1614, Francis Bacon, speech […] [about the] Undertakers these vapours were not gone up to the head, howsoever they might glow and estuate in the body"
"And how darest thou pray, whilst wrath estuates and rankles in thy breast?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestuātus, past participial of aestuō (“to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn”), from aestus (“boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/
British English: /ˈɛs.tjʊˌeɪ̯t/

Usage

Inflected Forms

estuates (present, singular) estuating (participle, present) estuated (participle, past) estuated (past) aestuate (alternative, obsolete) æstuate (alternative, obsolete)

Frequently Paired Words

aestuous estuary estuarial estuation exestuate

Questions

How do you pronounce estuate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛs.t͡ʃuˌeɪ̯t/.
What does estuate mean?: To swell up or rage; to be agitated.
Where does estuate come from?: Borrowed from Latin aestuātus, past participial of aestuō (“to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn”), from aestus (“boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat”).

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