extravagate
Americanverb (used without object)
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to wander beyond bounds; roam at will; stray.
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to go beyond the bounds of propriety or reason.
verb
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to exceed normal limits or propriety
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to roam at will
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of extravagate
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin extrāvagātus strayed, wandered away from, past participle of extrāvagārī. See extravagant, -ate 1
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On what hill, in what wadi, under what pines did he ruminate and extravagate, we could not from these idealised pictures ascertain.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Klinger, at the same time, coarsely portrayed the vices of the church and state, and Meyern extravagated in his romance "Dya-Na-Sore" on Utopian happiness.
From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George
How would he have extravagated and revelled in proof!
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William
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