oestruate

See also: œstruate

English

Alternative forms

• estruate (U.S.)
• œstruate (obsolete)

Verb

oestruate (third-person singular simple present oestruates, present participle oestruating, simple past and past participle oestruated)

1. To be in heat (state of sexual receptivity).

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “oestruate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• autosteer