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extuberate

extuberate verb: to swell out.

Verb

extuberate (third-person singular simple present extuberates, present participle extuberating, simple past and past participle extuberated)

  1. (obsolete) To swell out.
    • A Plaister for swollen, and extuberated Eyes1665, Thomas Moulton, The Compleat Bone-setter

Forms of extuberate

third-person singular presentextuberates
present participleextuberating
past participleextuberated
pastextuberated

Origin of extuberate

From Latin extuberatus, present participle of extuberare (“to swell”), from ex (“out”) + tuber (“a swelling”).

Questions about extuberate

What does extuberate mean?
Extuberate means to swell out.
What part of speech is extuberate?
Extuberate is a verb.
What is the past tense of extuberate?
The past tense of extuberate is extuberated.

Words near extuberate in the dictionary

  1. extuberance
  2. extuberances
  3. extuberancies
  4. extuberancy
  5. extuberant
  6. extuberate
  7. extuberated
  8. extuberates
  9. extuberating
  10. extuberation
  11. extuberations

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