Luxuriate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Luxuriate \Lux*u"ri*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Luxuriated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Luxuriating}.] [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of
     luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See {Luxury}.]
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     1. To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. "
        Corn luxuriates in a better mold." --Burton.


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     2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in
        the pastures.
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     3. To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to
        luxuriate in description.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  luxuriate
       v 1: become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously [syn: {wanton}]
       2: enjoy to excess [syn: {indulge}]
       3: thrive profusely or flourish extensively

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "luxuriate":
     appreciate, bask, bask in, bud, burgeon, burst forth, delight in,
     eat up, enjoy, feast, fill, flood, flourish, gemmate, germinate,
     grow, grow rank, have a ball, indulge, indulge in, know no bounds,
     leaf, leaf out, leave, like, love, luxuriate in, overabound,
     overbrim, overdo, overflow, overgrow, overindulge, overrun,
     overspill, overspread, overswarm, pullulate, put forth,
     put forth leaves, put out buds, relish, revel, revel in, riot,
     roll, rollick, root, run riot, savor, shoot, shoot up, spill over,
     sprout, sprout up, strike root, superabound, swarm, swim in,
     take it easy, take root, teem, upspear, upsprout, vegetate,
     wallow in, welter