exuberate

English

Etymology

From Latin exuberatus, past participle of exuberare. See exuberant (adjective).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪɡˈz(j)uːbəˌɹeɪt/

Verb

exuberate (third-person singular simple present exuberates, present participle exuberating, simple past and past participle exuberated)

  1. (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
    • 1648, Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love, published 1660:
      that vast confluence and immensity, that exuberates in God
  2. (now rare) To develop into (something), by an exuberance of growth.
    • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 1140:
      ‘He might perhaps have become one, if he had had time to ripen, (smiling.) He might have exuberated into an Atheist.’
  3. To delight, to make exuberant
    • 2007 November 3, dog-sponso...@pupkins.com, “Train Your Genitals to Answer your Phone”, in alt.recovery.aa, Usenet:
      It's fun, thrilling, and exuberating.

Latin

Verb

exūberāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of exūberō
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