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exorbitating

exorbitating is the present participle and gerund of exorbitate.

Meaning of exorbitate

Verb

exorbitate (third-person singular simple present exorbitates, present participle exorbitating, simple past and past participle exorbitated)

  1. (obsolete) To go off track or orbit; to deviate.
    • If the Planets had moved in those Lines above named; sometimes they would have approached to the Sun as near as the Orb of Mercury, and sometimes have exorbitated beyond the distance of Saturn1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693

Questions about exorbitating

What is exorbitating the present participle and gerund of?
Exorbitating is the present participle and gerund of exorbitate.

Words near exorbitating in the dictionary

  1. exorbitant privilege
  2. exorbitantly
  3. exorbitate
  4. exorbitated
  5. exorbitates
  6. exorbitating
  7. exorbitation
  8. exorbitations
  9. exorbitism
  10. exorcisable
  11. exorcisation

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