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Hibernate

Hī'ber-nāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. HIBERNATED; p. pr. & vb. n. HIBERNATING.] [Lat. hibernare, hibernatum, from hibernus. See supra.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, or in seclusion, as birds or beasts.

Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey.

Hÿ-äl'o-tȳpe or Hÿ-bĕr'na-cle or Hÿ'bĕr-nāte or Hÿ'bĕr-nā'tion, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ὕαλος, glass, and τύπος, representation.] A photographic positive picture on glass, copied from negatives. R. Hunt. Hÿ-bĕr'na-cle, Hÿ'bĕr-nāte, Hÿ'bĕr-nā'tion. See HIBERNACLE, HIBERNATE, HIBERNATION.

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Hī-bēr'na-cle, n.p. 625nounThat which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter-quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or plant. [R.] Martyn.
Hī'ber-nā'tion, n.p. 625nounThe act of hibernating.