Dictionary entry

Luxuriate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.