exuberate

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/ɪɡˈz(j)uːbəˌɹeɪt/

verb

To abound; to be in great abundance.

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exultrejoicetriumphjubilate
OriginLatin exuberatus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person exuberates · participle present exuberating · participle past exuberated · past exuberated

  1. obsoleteTo abound; to be in great abundance.

    that vast confluence and immensity, that exuberates in God

    Seraphick Love

    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
  2. archaicTo develop into (something), by an exuberance of growth.

    ‘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, published 2008, page 1140
  3. To delight, to make exuberant

    It's fun, thrilling, and exuberating.

    2007 November 3, dog-sponso...@pupkins.com, “Train Your Genitals to Answer your Phone”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto express great joy

Similar
exultrejoicetriumphjubilate
Broader
cheercheer upchirk up
Also see
exultgratifyjubilaterejoicesatisfytriumph

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexuberatus
  2. Englishexuberate

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

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APA

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MLA

“exuberate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exuberate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exuberate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exuberate.

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