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verb
To enjoy luxury, to indulge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To be luxuriant; to grow exuberantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
thrive profusely or flourish extensively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boom, thrive, flourish, expand
verb
enjoy to excess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: indulge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Narrower terms: surfeit
verb
become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: wanton
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, squander, waste, ware
History
First attested in 1621; borrowed from Latin lūxuriātus, perfect passive participle of lūxuriō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
