EXUBERATEADJ.
overflowing, superabundant ...1638 obs. VERB to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow ...1623 ETYMOLOGY adj. from Latin exuberatus pa pple. of exuberare, from ex- + uberare to be fruitful vb. from Latin exuberat- ppl. stem of exuberare FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1623 - Exuberate, to abound From: The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram, 1623 EXAMPLE (for vb.) "...the exuberate singularity in Merchants of all nations." From: The Tree of Humane Life; Or The Bloud of the Grape By: Tobias Whitaker, 1638 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram, 1647 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850 • A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Thomas Sheridan, 1790
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