Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LA-TIB'U-LIZE
LA-TIB'U-LIZE, v.i. [L. latibulum, a hiding place.]
To retire into a den, burrow or cavity, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid. The tortoise latibulizes in October. – Shaw's Zool.
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