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.]

1.

To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

" Corn luxuriates in a better mold."

Burton.

2.

To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.

3.

To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.

 

© Webster 1913.

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