Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Winter \Win"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wintered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wintering}.]
   To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.

         Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the
         more part advised to depart thence.      --Acts xxvii.
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