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 August 16 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Robert Boyle, Some Motives and Incentives to the Love of God. […] [Seraphick Love], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], published 1659, →OCLC:

     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, published 2008, page 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, [e-mail], “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