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extravagate

Syllables: ex·tra·vag·ateUK/ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/

extravagate verb: to rove.

Verb

extravagate (third-person singular simple present extravagates, present participle extravagating, simple past and past participle extravagated)

  1. (intransitive) To rove.
  2. (intransitive) To wander beyond the limits.

Forms of extravagate

third-person singular presentextravagates
present participleextravagating
past participleextravagated
pastextravagated

Origin of extravagate

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt- + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). Extrāvagāt- is the participial stem of extrāvagārī, from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))).

Words formed from extravagate

Questions about extravagate

What does extravagate mean?
Extravagate means to rove.
What part of speech is extravagate?
Extravagate is a verb.
How do you pronounce extravagate?
Extravagate is pronounced /ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of extravagate?
The past tense of extravagate is extravagated.

Words near extravagate in the dictionary

  1. extravagantness
  2. extravaganza
  3. extravaganzas
  4. extravaganze
  5. extravaganzic
  6. extravagate
  7. extravagated
  8. extravagates
  9. extravagating
  10. extravagation
  11. extravagations

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