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)
- (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
- 1648, Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love, published 1660:
- that vast confluence and immensity, that exuberates in God
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- (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.’
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 1140:
- 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.
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