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extravagate

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ex⋅trav⋅a⋅gate

  [ik-strav-uh-geyt]
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–verb (used without object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing. Archaic.
1. to wander beyond bounds; roam at will; stray.
2. to go beyond the bounds of propriety or reason.
Origin:
1590–1600; < ML extrāvagātus strayed, wandered away from, ptp. of extrāvagārī. See extravagant, -ate 1
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ex·trav·a·gate   (ĭk-strāv'ə-gāt')   
intr.v.   ex·trav·a·gat·ed, ex·trav·a·gat·ing, ex·trav·a·gates Archaic
To exceed reasonable limits or bounds.

[Medieval Latin extrāvagārī, extrāvagāt-, to wander; see extravagant.]
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