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exuberating

exuberating is the present participle and gerund of exuberate.

Meaning of exuberate

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
    • that vast confluence and immensity, that exuberates in God1648 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. (archaic) To 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)

Questions about exuberating

What is exuberating the present participle and gerund of?
Exuberating is the present participle and gerund of exuberate.

Words near exuberating in the dictionary

  1. exuberantly
  2. exuberantness
  3. exuberate
  4. exuberated
  5. exuberates
  6. exuberating
  7. exuberation
  8. exuberations
  9. exuccous
  10. exudant
  11. exudants

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