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. [Middle English exuberaten, to make fruitful, from Latin exūberāre, exūberāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see EX- + ūberāre, to be fruitful (from ūber, fertile; see euə-dh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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