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exuberate

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ex⋅u⋅ber⋅ate

  [ig-zoo-buh-reyt]
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–verb (used without object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to be exuberant; superabound; overflow.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L exūberātus. See exuberant, -ate 1
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ex·u·ber·ate   (ĭg-zōō'bə-rāt')   
intr.v.   ex·u·ber·at·ed, ex·u·ber·at·ing, ex·u·ber·ates

  1. To be exuberant.

  2. Archaic To abound; overflow.


[Middle English exuberaten, to make fruitful, from Latin exūberāre, exūberāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + ūberāre, to be fruitful (from ūber, fertile; see euə-dh- in Indo-European roots).]
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