Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Hibernate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
be in an inactive or dormant state
"After months of hibernating through the long winter, the bear finally emerged from its den to hunt for food."
To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
"The groundhog burrows deep into its den to hibernate until the snow melts next spring."
The word hibernate comes from the Latin verb hibernare, meaning "to spend the winter." It is derived from hibernus, which translates to "wintry."