Definition of exuberate

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ex·u·ber·ate    (g-zb-rt) KEY  

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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English exuberaten, to make fruitful, from Latin exberre , exbert- : ex-, intensive pref. ; see ex- + berre, to be fruitful (from ber, fertile; see eu-dh- in Indo-European roots)

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